A life is made

Memories here, memories there
some bright, some bruised,
yet through them all - a life is made.

Good memories bloom into joy,
sprouting happy moments that warm the soul.
Bad memories may sting,
sometimes traumatic, sometimes lessons cloaked in pain.

Learn to walk away swiftly from what harms,
or transform the bitter into better,
mend wounds with purpose,
turn trials into triumphs.

Hold tight to the good,
but never despise the bad.
For in them all - a life is made.

K.