NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN
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CLARENCE
WAS CAUTIOUS ALL OF HIS LIFE.
NOT ONE TO EVER TEMPT FATE.
THEN ON HIS BIRTHDAY HIS FRIENDS SANG A SONG.
HAPPY TWO-HUNDRED AND EIGHT.
"ME?" CRIED CLARENCE, "TWO-HUNDRED AND EIGHT?
HOW CAN THAT POSSIBLY BE?
WASN'T THAT BIRTHDAY I HAD JUST LAST YEAR
THE ONE WHERE I TURNED THIRTY-THREE?
THERE'RE ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO DO.
TAP DANCE, PLAY TUBA, AND SKATE.
I JUST DIDN'T NOTICE MY BEARD TURNING GRAY.
WHY...OH...WHY DID I WAIT?"
HOLD IT RIGHT THERE! I'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE.
CLARENCE, C'MON...LET'S BE STRAIGHT.
YOU SAID THAT SAME THING...SOME TIME AGO,
I THINK YOU'D JUST TURNED ONE-O-EIGHT.
WHY DON'T YOU SAY, "TODAY IS THE DAY!"
TAKE A CHANCE! LIVE IT UP! IT FEELS GREAT!
THERE'S NO TIME TO STALL...IT'S OKAY TO FALL.
DO IT...IT'S NEVER TOO LATE!
Dale Hale |