The Unexpectedness of Life

I like the saying expect the unexpected.
To me it’s great and practical advice.
It’s easy to get lulled into feeling
as if good times will always be good,
or as if everything will go along predictably.
I feel an awareness about how things can
change in a millisecond for the best or the
worst that you never expected is a good
awareness to cultivate, like the saying expect
the best but be prepared for the worst.
And the unexpected could be an auspicious
occurrence, like a new love coming into your life,
or having a deadly cancer that goes into remission.
The unexpected is different for me now, good or bad.
I see it as something new and exciting in my life,
regardless of the good or bad it can bring into it.
An old life can be that boring where any change
is an antidote to the less exciting elderly years
when the dreams are over and memories are
all you have left of them.

Bob Boyd

Author: BobBoyd

Age 80. Cancer survivor since 3 years ago. Work out 3 times a week. Ride my exercise bike 2 hours a day. Live a solo reclusive life. Retired a year ago from working with the elderly in a nonprofit. Started writing poetry a little over a year ago; most poems I write are fictional but some are not. Spiritual with a permanent spiritual experience. Write poems on many subjects. Always researching for many of my poems and because of my unquenchable thirst for knowledge. After reading and hearing about many near death experiences and death bed visions, I believe death is the ultimate awakening and the relocation of a lifetime. You may believe differently, but you have the right to be wrong -- I'm just messing with you. :-) View all posts by BobBoyd