Life Is Too Short For

A poem that states life is too short for regrets, tears, bitterness, but that life should be full of love. Ella Wheeler Wilcox expresses the things we should not dwell on in life, how we should forgive, forget, and share love. A truly inspirational poem about life!

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Life Is Too Short For
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Life is too short for any vain regretting;
Let dead delight bury its dead, I say,
And let us go upon our way forgetting
The joys, and sorrows, of each yesterday.
Between the swift sun's rising and its setting,
We have no time for useless tears or fretting,
Life is too short.

Life is too short for any bitter feeling;
Time is the best avenger if we wait,
The years speed by, and on their wings bear healing,
We have no room for anything like hate.
This solemn truth the low mounds seem revealing
That thick and fast about our feet are stealing,
Life is too short.

Life is too short for aught but high endeavour, —
Too short for spite, but long enough for love.
And love lives on for ever and for ever,
It links the worlds that circle on above;
Tis God's first law, the universe's lever,
In His vast realm the radiant souls sigh never
"Life is too short."

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We should be encouraged to live our lives to the fullest and not waste our time on negative things. Sharing love and realizing that life is short we need to focus on living the best life we can full of happiness and joy. We need to let go of the things that upset us and practice forgiveness realizing that in the end love is the most important aspect of life!


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