Everydays for Everyman
We're all doing the best we can.
Living, learning as we go
Dancing through the passing show.

1. As time goes by, the little things
Take on a special glow.
The way the cat curls round my feet
To fill her dinner bowl.
The rituals of daily life
Become the fragrant blooms
That fill the heart's own garden
And decorate empty rooms.

2. They say that youth is wasted so
Upon the very young.
They're rushing thru their growin years,
Intent on days to come.
Until one day they slow their pace,
Make friends with Father Time,
And learn the art of living well,
Just one day at a time.

3. And so we live from day to day
In patterns that we weave.
A tapestry that's colored by
What we choose to believe.
And when we count our treasures,
It's the simple things we do
With love and friends and daily bread
That make our dreams come true.

(c)1987 Lois J Henrickson (Lytingale)