Ode to Maude

Maude.
You are a breath of life in a world filled with ideas of pain and struggle. You conquer death through living life to its fullest. Doing what you love and loving the life force which flows through you. You are an inspiration; embodying a passion and zest for life that positively changes the energy of the world. You inspire me to share your philosophy with all beings, grabbing life, not backing a way from it, “give me an “L”, give me an “I” give me a “V” give me an “E”, L-I-V-E, live”! You helped raise me as I watched you on a glowing screen from the age of ten enlightening Harold to the life cycle “Ah life. It grows and blooms, and dies and grows again.” I shall want to be you at the age of 79, simply living and loving, moving people out of their comfort zone to help them see the world through new eyes. You are my hero, Ruth Gordon, Maude. I will drink Oat Straw Tea and eat ginger pie, I shall collect but not attach myself to my belongings, I shall communicate with life.

This ode is written to Maude from the 1971 movie "Harold and Maude"