For This Is Life...

For the 2025 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets write a poem a day in the month of November. Day 10 is to write an advice poem. Some of us love the snow.Some do not!Snow is much like anything else in life;loved or loathed,it comes to pass... Saturday... Sunday... Monday... Life's holy haste Of touch and tasteAnd twist and turn Of live and learnAnd give and take Of sleep and wakeIs bound to test The worst and best Of usWith smiles and frownsAnd ups and downsWith faith and fear'sLaughter and tearsWith ebbs and flowsOf yes and noes Hellos, goodbyesLow blows, high fivesAnd suchWhile daily duesOf win and looseOf rose and thornNightfall and morn,Of loss and gain,Pleasure and painOf hit and missOf kick and kissAmassDo not lose heartCome sting and smartCome rush or lullOr push and pullOr sun-rain-snowHold or let goHip-hip-hoorayOr gold or grayOr wonder whyOr fall or fly...   For this is life;Come joy, come strifeBe kind and trueBecause this tooShall pass Janet Martin Eccles.3:1-8 To everything there is a season,A time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born,And a time to die;A time to plant,And a time to pluck what is planted;A time to kill,And a time to heal;A time to break down,And a time to build up;A time to weep,And a time to laugh;A time to mourn,And a time to dance;A time to cast away stones,And a time to gather stones;A time to embrace,And a time to refrain from embracing;A time to gain,And a time to lose;A time to keep,And a time to throw away;A time to tear,And a time to sew;A time to keep silence,And a time to speak;A time to love,And a time to hate;A time of war,And a time of peace.