Bottles of Life

by Jim Dwyer | November 12, 2018 | Uncategorized | 1 comment

Bottles of Life

Bottles of wines
On a shelf
Where they
Come from
I don’t always know

At the table
Rest glasses
All sizes and shapes
Some empty
Others full

Which do I drink?
Betrayal, compassion
Love, resentment?
Each contains
What will course through my veins

As if blind
To taste
I continue
To drink
The wine in my hand

Awakened
From slumber
Blind eyes
Open wide
To what’s before me

Did I look
At the label?
Smell it’s rancid odor
The bitter taste
In each drop?

Shaking my head
Clearing fog
From my mind
And clouds
From eyes

Time for
New life
To flow
This time
Senses heightened

Studying the label
Removing the cork
Pouring a bit
In the glass
Admiring its color

It’s nose
Full of comfort
It’s taste
Deep and rich
Rolling across my life

I know
This bottle
Is true to
What I desire
To be

Sitting back
Glass to lips
I drink all it has
To offer
This life

Jim Dwyer

I think of myself as part lawyer, seeker and sharer. We are all so busy taking care of our clients and the many demands of being a lawyer, how do we have time for the practice of law to be about more?

To me, the purpose of being a lawyer is not just about how I help my clients. It’s equally about me living the most successful inner personal life I can. If I can infuse who I uniquely am into my practice and integrate that into becoming a better person then I can raise the bar on my life.

That’s what this blog is for. To help us all navigate our relationships to ourselves, our lives and the law and seeing how they all intersect. I’m always searching for new and innovative perspectives. It’s a continuing process that, day-by-day, through expanding the purposes that work serves, we are able to build both a successful practice of law and life. Hopefully you can find an occasional nugget of truth here that resonates for you.

When we are living our best life, then we’ve raised the bar for the world. I believe hearing how we overcome challenges and self-imposed limitations are how we lift one another. I would greatly appreciate hearing your thoughts and ideas as well. Thanks for joining the conversation.

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Ronn Elzinga on Nov 15, 2018 at 9:47 pm

As always, a thoughtful, challenging post. Thanks Jim.
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