A Perfect World
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A perfect world. Striving for something better. We all see it. We all
want it. But do we ever reach it? As much as we all want what's better,
let's always go for it but never reach it. If we do, everything would be
perfect and we'd stop trying. We always want to keep moving forward toward
a goal. The goals may change but the finish line is never reached. That's
OK. That's why we call them dreams. Dreams for a perfect world. I asked my friends at Opportunity Village what their "perfect world" would be like. One friend would like to live in her own apartment, not have others be telling her what to do all day, have plenty of pop to drink, and have a job she likes. Another friend said, "I am here to tell you of what my perfect world would be like. I like living at the group home with nine or ten people. I would like to live or move to a apartment someday. I like to exercise with Richard Simmons or Tae-Bo or I will go work out... I like to run errands for the staff at the group home or for clients. I like to have enough pop and water to drink." As Marianne Moore says in her poem "Nevertheless": "Victory won't come to me unless I go to it...the weak overcomes its menace...what is there like fortitude!" Let's keep moving toward that "perfect world", that finish line, that goal. But let's never reach it. It would no longer be a goal. We all need goals. We all need to try to get better. If you reach a goal, put another one out there so you never stop, you're always going forward. |
Jim Holcombe
Marion, IA