“Inside the Outside” by Ralph Prata
Inside the Outside
I began on the inside,
Knowing not of an outside,
Only knowing of my being.
My world limited,
A temporary prisoner,
Protected by the inside.
Demanding more room,
Life on inside
Began to grow short.
Having no choice,
Pushed from the womb
Into the world of the outside.
On the inside,
I had been content
In my limited space.
Now on the outside,
Crying in the face
of a new destiny.
My first act of rebellion,
Expressing nostalgia
For an innocence lost.
Appealing to my essence of being,
I soon learned the outside
Could be my new inside.
Always giving away,
some of the inside,
so not to lose it all.
Becoming inside the outside,
Allows each act of being
To create a way of living.
— kenne
“We age not by holding on to youth,
but by letting ourselves grow
and embracing whatever youthful parts that remain.”
— Keith Richards
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Rotarians, RYLA alumni, trainers and volunteers began gathering at the Pineywood Baptist Encampment Thursday (January 8th) for students participating in this year’s three-day Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. Rotary District 5910 encourages young leaders to improve their skills by providing them with quality leadership techniques.
