Midlife Motivation

Dust If You Must

Dust if you must but wouldn’t it be better
To paint a picture, write a letter,
Make a cake or plant a seed
Ponder the difference between want and need.

Dust if you must but there’s not much time
With rivers to swim and mountains to climb
Music to hear and books to read
Friends to cherish, a life to lead.

On a personal note, my sister who is twelve years younger than me, taught me how to 'surface dust'. She called round and caught me moaning about cleaning while 'bottoming' the lounge.

She whipped the duster out of my hand, whizzed round the whole of the downstairs, and in ten minutes she had done the lot.

Now I 'surface dust' all the time, I've almost forgotten what Pledge smells like!

Susan Loveday - Editor info@midlifemotivation.com

Dust if you must but the world’s out there
The sun in your eyes, the wind in your hair
A flurry of snow, a shower of rain
This day will not come again

Dust if you must but bear in mind
Old age will come and it will not be kind
And when you go, as go you must
You yourself will make more dust.

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