<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=427763" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Pleasures of Ordinary Life</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've had my share of necessary losses,<br>Of dreams I know no longer can come true.<br>I'm done now with the whys and the becauses.<br>It's time to make things good, not just make do.<br>It's time to stop complaining and pursue<br>The pleasures of an ordinary life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I used to rail against my compromises.<br>I yearned for the wild music, the swift race.<br>But happiness arrived in new disguises:<br>Sun lighting a child's hair. A friend's embrace.<br>Slow dancing in a safe and quiet place.<br>The pleasures of an ordinary life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'll have no trumpets, triumphs, trails of glory.<br>It seems the woman I've turned out to be<br>Is not the heroine of some grand story.<br>But I have learned to find the poetry<br>In what my hands can touch, my eyes can see.<br>The pleasures of an ordinary life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Young fantasies of magic and of mystery<br>Are over. But they really can't compete<br>With all we've built together: A long history.<br>Connections that help render us complete.<br>Ties that hold and heal us. And the sweet,<br>Sweet pleasures of an ordinary life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Judith+Viorst">Judith Viorst</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=427763" data-title="The Pleasures of Ordinary Life de Judith Viorst" data-description="I've had my share of necessary losses, Of dreams I know no longer can come true. I'm done now with the whys and the becauses. It's time to make things good, not just make do. It's time to stop complaining and pursue The pleasures of an ordinary li..."></div> </div> </div>

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