Life has no pity;
It is just there.
Always watching and waiting for the next thing to happen,
Just there to be spent poorly or to be spent well,
It is a gift sometimes accepted and other times taken for granted.
It is guided through roads and paths, and entrusted to you
It has no way whatsoever to choose for you,
It can be enlightened and inspired
or ignorant and dark,
It provides experience through anything encountered,
Some never will understand its value to be cherished,
Knowledge of life can only be learned if the path you take is well-chosen.

– Anne Marie Foster, 8^th Grade
Our Lady of Guadalupe School
Houston, Texas