SCHOOL'S OUT

                                                           
​                                            SCHOOL'S OUT

                                Another school year is about to end.
                                Vacation, for many, is about to begin.
                 
                                It has often been said, with much
                                veracity, that the teacher learns more
                                than the student.

                                As a perennial student in the school
                                of hard knocks, we have learned 
                                much this past school year.
                                  
                                For instance, we have learned...
                                
                                It's difficult to have fun all the time.
                                Work is a necessity of life.
                                We do not have to solve all the
                                world's problems.
                                If we don't bother other people,
                                they will seldom bother us.
                                Most of last year's problems have
                                been solved or forgotten.
                                Comfort and consolation may be
                                found in reading the Scriptures.
                                God lets us be who we are until
                                we are ready to change for the
                                better.
                                That we should seek to enjoy
                                this life, for it is the only life we
                                have, right now.  

                                (First published on May 29, 2014)