DAILY GRATITUDE HEROES

 

Today I’m grateful for a better understanding of what a hero is:

for 72 years life has been my teacher

And she has taught me a hero 

is anyone determined to make this world a better place

for every living creature.

HEREOS ACROSS OUR PATH

 May we all be blessed to have heroes cross our paths

Those who help to make us who we are, 

who set our spirits free 

and thus…

We hope they all know who they are 

and 

how much their heroism meant to us.

HEROES AND MONSTERS

 

When we were young there were heroes and there were monsters

and in our innocent and limited childhood view…

from Fairy Tales and with our parents help

it was easy to tell the difference between the two.

In the evening when we woke from a nightmare and our hearts were filled with dread….

our heroes were our parents who vanquished the monsters beneath our bed. 

In our Fairy Tales it was easy to tell the good people from the bad.

They were strong honorable men and woman…just like Mom and Dad

But it becomes more difficult as we grow…the more our wings are spread…

when the monsters aren’t just the ones who sleep beneath our bed.

Some monsters were easy to spot…they didn’t try to hide themselves away.

They wore swastika’s on their clothing like the Nazi’s or white sheets like the KKK. 

But it became more difficult to tell the heroes from the monsters…

when their swastikas they shed

when they wore tailored suits to work instead of hoods upon their heads. .

What makes monsters different today is that they could be anyone we see….

At first glance there’s no way to tell difference between them and you and me.

They can be our neighbor…or someone we once thought of as a friend…

and we will never comprehend or fathom the horrors they intend.

Today the only way to distinguish one monster from the rest

Is to follow their path of evil, their destructiveness…their unrest.

Now, when we search for a happy ending…dream of a better day…

it’s up to us to become the heroes and every evil monster to slay.

To work for the day with the other heroes help these monsters will no longer exist…

the day when we are blessed to have no more monsters in our midst.

The day when we live in a world where we don’t cause our children any dread

the day when the only monsters they need to worry about…

are the ones beneath their bed.

FALLING IN LOVE

 

One thing we are blessed to experience as parents…

which in life will always be a plus…

Is how we fall in love with our children

long before they fall in love with us.

OUR DUTIES

To all those who don’t think what’s happening In this country is evil or bizarre…

A reminder of the duties to our children…PLEASE…remember who you are…

We have a duty to all the children of the world from the moment of their birth…

A duty to make them feel safe and happy while they walk upon this Earth.

A duty to teach them right from wrong…how to respect the land, the plants, the birds

A duty to show them our actions will always be more important than our words.

A duty to show them kindness and love…to help them grow, mature and cope.

A duty to teach them about friendship, honor, justice and to fill their world with hope.

A duty to show them things that need to be changed…and things they must accept.

A duty to show them all life is precious…and that promises need to be kept.

A duty to help them handle their mistakes and failures…

to show them good manners are never outdated…

A duty to show them that tenderness, love and charity can never be overrated.

 

A duty to allow their imaginations to soar…

to show them it is courageous to say when they’re wrong.

A duty to teach them compassion, caring and compromise 

are ways of showing they are strong.

Our final duty is to teach them every human being is important 

and deserves respect…no matter their sex, gender, color or race.

And when we choose to fulfill these duties 

the world is a more peaceful and beautiful place.

Perhaps the best reason to fulfill our duties to the children of the world

from the moment of their birth…

Is so they’ll be ready when they grow up to fulfill these duties

for the next generation of children 

as they walk upon this Earth.

 

DAILY GRATITUDE ABILITY TO SMILE

 

Today I’m grateful I have a face

a place for my smile to wear…

and for all the people in my life

with the ability to keep it there

SO MANY SMILES

 

May we al be blessed as we travel trough this time and in this space

to have many people in our life who, 

when we think about them

bring a smile to our face