<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367765" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Question Of Life</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Little One sought answers, too.<br>The elders gave advice.<br>Not satisfied if truths were true, <br>If wisdoms were so wise...<br>The Little One went on his way, <br>To find life's meaning there, <br>Beyond the words he heard that day<br>That left him unaware.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Little One was told at last, <br>By one old precious voice, <br>Grandfather's words left him aghast, <br>'Your life end's not your choice...'<br>But then he saw his own old face, <br>The Old One spoke and said, <br>'My Little One, it's no disgrace, <br>Life lasts until you're dead...'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Little One observed these truths, <br>The Old One carried on...<br>'We make our choices while we're youths<br>Until all youth has gone...<br>We choose our lifelong destinies, <br>From thoughts within the mind, <br>Yet blessed much more than victories<br>Are hearts we leave behind...'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Little One now understood, <br>He saw Man's pain and strife...<br>He saw the hopes and dreams were good, <br>Just like the Tree of Life...<br>From fashioned turquoise in a frame, <br>A circle for a home, <br>Was formed a pendant to proclaim<br>This truth each day we roam...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Tree of Life bids us recall, <br>That we must live life well...<br>To stand up straight and then walk tall, <br>Through futures none can tell...<br>Like trees that bend when storms are strong<br>Yet stand the test of time...<br>Let's live our lives our whole lives long, <br>Because life is sublime...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright January 2011.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Peter Simon of bid.tv's UK Shopping channel<br>explained the legend of the Little One and the <br>creation of the little turquoise tree pendant.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367765" data-title="The Question Of Life de Denis Martindale" data-description="The Little One sought answers, too. The elders gave advice. Not satisfied if truths were true, If wisdoms were so wise... The Little One went on his way, To find life's meaning there, Beyond the words he heard that day That left him unaware. T..."></div> </div> </div>

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