Appreciate.

"to realize the value of one year,
ask a student who failed his or her AP exams.
to realize the value of one month,
ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.
to realize the value of one week,
ask an editor of a weekly magazine.
to realize the vaule of one day,
ask a daily wage laborer who has six kids to feed.
to realize the value of one hour,
ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
to realize the value of one minute,
ask a person who missed their train.
to realize the value of one second,
ask the person who survived an accident.
to realize the value of one millisecond,
ask the person who won silver medal in the Olympics."

What Was Seen at the Art Museum

the thinker saw inspiration.
the feeler saw emotion.
the thinker saw justification.
the feeler saw passion.
the child saw a painting.
the math wiz saw a formula.
the science wiz saw a procedure.
the boy saw love.
the girl saw red.
the blind man saw nothing.
the deaf man saw everything.
the mute man saw words he could never express.
the critic saw a fault.
the optimist saw radiance.
the optimist saw an overflowing cup.
the pessimist didn't see enough.
the pessimist didn't feel enough.
the appriative individual saw a dedicated artist.
the rushed woman saw a blur of color.
the Catholic schoolteacher saw something deplorable.
the journalist saw controversy that would make headlines.
the literalist saw something impossible.
the analyst saw something irrational.
the rapper saw rhyming lyrics.
the musician saw sound in the form of music notes.
the storyteller saw the conclusion of his unfinished tale.
the old couple from here saw something provocative.
the old couple from there saw a tender memory.
the hopeless soul saw hope.
the restless soul saw rest.
the runaway teenager saw a rush of nostalgia.
the convict saw his conscience.
the cheater saw an opportunity.
the thief saw an opportunity.
the desperate unoriginal saw an opportunity.
the artist saw a rainbow in a dreary, monochromatic world.
the joker saw hilarity.
the smoker saw relief.
the druggie saw a circus.
the foreigner saw america.
the american saw foreign lands.
the rich lady with the furcoat saw it hanging in her living room.
the rich dog of the rich lady with the furcoat saw a perplexity of blacks and whites.
the salesmean saw THE Best You'll See in Ages!
the originator saw an expression of his mind and life over a series of four years.
the orginator's master saw potential-at last.
the learner saw a painting.
i saw a painting too
besieged with throbbing identity crisis.

-charissa