All the World's a Stage

All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts...

Ah Shakespeare, ye olde Bard ye! I've been thinking about you. I'm pretty sure I think you are the most fabulous of writers in all the wide world. And I hope to write lines as memorable as that.

And what parts have I played in my little life on my small stage in the world? Daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, aunt, cousin, teacher, sales associate, fast food burger flipper, waitress, student, legal associate, lawyer, actress, singer, writer, adviser, counselor, basketball player, runner, poet, traveler, and most important of all, friend.

After all, friendship is the strongest bond, the bond that should rest beneath all love. Knowing that you like someone; knowing that you want to be in their company; knowing that they make you stronger and better; knowing that you want to do the same for them. As the good Bard says: "Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steel."

So to all my friends, for all the roles I play in life, I am most grateful to say that I am a friend and that I have many friends. I am grateful for their help and their love...that we are bound together with hoops of steel.

And one more thought from Mr. Shakespeare...

"We are such stuff as dreams are made on and our little life is rounded with a sleep...."

Thanks, Will. You really are quite brilliant.