The Ways We Have Fun

The Ways We Have Fun

Many times we think

Of the things we learn in life

In terms of what we are taught

By the strife, struggling and hard times

We each face in life

And many of us think it is only the difficult times

That have anything to teach us

But the lessons all of us can learn

From the ways we each entertain ourselves

Are just as valuable and important

The ways we have fun in life

Point the way to knowing

What we find truly valuable and fulfilling

The ways we have fun in life

Teach us each of laughter,

Of happiness and how to relax

The enjoyment we get in our pleasure time

Show us the way down the path

Of letting ourselves be who we really are

Much of our daily banter and blustering

Is about a supposed maturity

That we imagine to be very adult and serious

When the only real maturity to be found

Is in the journey back

To the sort of acceptance and love

That you knew how to have

When you were four years old

In the end, all any of us hope,

All any of use are,

And that all we aspire to be

Are the children of infinity

Dewey Dirks