Some Sage Advise

In life, might as well do what you want to do.

That’s my advice to you. I’m speaking out of

experience. Might as well do what you want

to do.

Find what you’re good at, something you like

to do and go for it—painting, writing, con-

struction, heating, plumbing, air condition-

ing, auto repair and restoration, doctor,

lawyer, butcher, baker, candlestick maker,

social work, sports of some sort, why hell,

even caricatures at the beach or the mall.

Do it, just do it, because it’s only once in a

lifetime or not at all. When it’s over and done

no one, I tell you no one else will care. A

hundred years from now not a blamed soul

will have noticed or even give a care.

Take me for instance, for all I’m worth and

all the good and bad I may have done, when

I’m gone, zip, zero, nada, life goes on. Had

I to do it all over again, I’d unfold my folding

chair, sit in the shadow of the Golden Gate

Bridge, cigar in one hand, bottle of Budweiser

in the other.

I’d stop passers-by and tell them: See that

bridge over there? Yes sir, I surely do, they’d

say. Well, I’d tell them proudly, I had nothing

to do with its construction, but she’s a beauty,

isn’t she? Grand and famous as she is, can’t

name one damned person who was involved

in putting her there.

And you, I’m giving you some free sage advise:

In life, might as well do as you like. Hell, you’re

only four years old now, and if you’re lucky,

you’ve still got some time to figure it out. I could
be you, and you could be me. In a hundred years
no one would know the difference.

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Chris Hanch 3-19-2020