Decision Time

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During my teens I determined not to rely on some higher power

For what was Good or Bad.

And thus I entered Purgatory or Chaos

Or worse.

For years I struggled with

What is Good, of Value, Right?

But now I’m growing old I must Decide.

This much I know:

Every living thing is good.

Intelligent, sentient, compassionate beings are even better.

Be a “Lifist” and a Humanist too.

Cherry pick the best that Religion has to offer,

And discard the rest.

Some Christian Values are very good

When winnowed from the chaff of doctrine.

I’ll never like a wasp, I feel,

But I will always love all Life

And stand in awe

At Nature’s Force.

A Man of Peace

I truly am.

Embracing all my fellow men (and women!)

Loving my animals

My family

And my friends.

I’ll drink to that.

Paul Butters