Painting is watercolor on paper, 1989. 12" x 16" Abstract Number 3 of 6 EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN PATH My path, Different from yours, Works for me If not for you. Life experiences, Current circumstances, Different goals And ways of being. No compromise necessary, No change needed, No threat implied. If we don't see eye to eye, If we make our own choices, If we live our own lives, We can still connect. What you wouldn't part with for the world Would make me suicidal. What I would never give up Would leave you empty and alone. We're different, we two, Walking paths strange to the other. Fulfillment can't be copied, Joy borrowed or imitated. I value you for who you are. Asking you to be like me, I throw away a valuable resource, A different point of view. If you change And walk my path, You steal from us both. If we were exactly alike, One of us would be unnecessary. I mean, really - I already KNOW what I think!