A familiar storyline played out

Every evening on Hallmark

Especially at Christmas.

A woman on the edge of her success

Or pushed to the end of her wits

Her vision is cleared to take a different path.

Does life actually unfold this way,

When we are on the precipice?

If only there were a clear sign

On which path we should take.

Instead we spin, struggle, and fret.

Why can’t life be more clear?

Why can’t it be so obvious,

So simple as a Hallmark movie?