Friday, June 16, 2023

COUNT TO 10

 

When I get angry or frustrated with my governor, my country or at the world these days

I do something my parents suggested way back when…

I pause…I take a deep breath…and then I count to 10.


When we parked the car at the beach 1 moon was hovering in the air.

A quick look in both directions told me we were the only 2 people there.


The moonlight illuminated everything but 3 stars were still visible in the sky…

Bathed in that same moonlight 4 dolphins came frolicking by.


I counted 5 different sandcastles…abandoned…decaying gradually

I saw 6 pelicans in formation gliding just above the sea.


As we turned around and headed back I counted 7 fisherman who hadn’t been there before.

While 8 tiny sandpipers hunting for breakfast scurried along the shore.


In the final leg or our walk 9 palm trees I detected…

and when I looked into our bag…10 sea shells we’d collected.


My parents knew what would happen when they suggested it way back when…

How it would take me a little while to count from 1 to 10.


A pleasant little interruption…a few moments to allow my mind to stray…

A wonderful distraction from the problems of the day.


No…the world didn’t change in the time it took me to count from 1 to 10…

but that wonderful distraction did give me more energy…

to enter the fray again.

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