<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">The True Meaning of Life</b><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>by Pat A. Fleming</div><div><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The Years have passed by,<br>In the blink of an eye,<br>Moments of sadness,<br>And joy have flown by.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.625rem; padding-bottom: 1rem; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">People I loved,<br>Have come and have gone,<br>But the world never stopped,<br>And we all carried on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.625rem; padding-bottom: 1rem; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Life wasn’t easy,<br>And the struggles were there,<br>Filled with times that it mattered,<br>Times I just didn’t care.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.625rem; padding-bottom: 1rem; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I stood on my own,<br>And I still found my way,<br>Through some nights filled with tears,<br>And the dawn of new days.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.625rem; padding-bottom: 1rem; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">And now with old age,<br>It’s become very clear,<br>Things I once found important,<br>Were not why I was here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.625rem; padding-bottom: 1rem; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">And how many things,<br>That I managed to buy,<br>Were never what made me,<br>Feel better inside.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.625rem; padding-bottom: 1rem; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">And the worries and fears,<br>That plagued me each day,<br>In the end of it all,<br>Would just fade away.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.625rem; padding-bottom: 1rem; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">But how much I reached out,<br>To others when needed,<br>Would be the true measure,<br>Of how I succeeded.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.625rem; padding-bottom: 1rem; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">And how much I shared,<br>Of my soul and my heart,<br>Would ultimately be,<br>What set me apart.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.625rem; padding-bottom: 1rem; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">And what’s really important,<br>Is my opinion of me,<br>And whether or not,<br>I’m the best I can be.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.625rem; padding-bottom: 1rem; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">And how much more kindness,<br>And love I can show,<br>Before the Lord tells me,<br>It’s my time to go.</span></p></div>————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. 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