When I was a Child

When I was a child I used to count what I don’t have

But now I used to count the priceless blessings I have.

When I was a child I used to grumble on things out of my control

But now I used to say gratitude toward the things I can control.

When I was little I used to cry on petty things and cried out foul

But now I still cry not on things but on persons I hold high.

Life is a journey, life is a mystery

Full of surprises; a never ending quest

It brings me up on a sunny day;

It quiets me on a cloudy day;

Though it shatters me when storm passes by

Yet there is one thing which keeps me laugh and cry

The life I had when I was a child.

When I was a child I always used to speak for myself

Now if I speak wisdom they are but products of “Dad used to say”;

When I was a child my mother always gives the caring;

Now I found myself giving even for those who do not care.

When I was a child I create memories, great and small

Those memories are the reason why now I stood tall.