LOVE LIST

 

When war, politics, prejudice and bigotry are encouraging me to hate

I take a moment to look around…then a love list I create: 

I love my wife and my family…how family never ends…

I love that I’m surrounded by a multitude of friends.

I love animals and sunsets…how a sunrise paints the sky…

I love flowers, raindrops, dolphins…I love ladybugs and butterflies.

I love birds and trees and rainbows…

how a dewdrop glistens in the sun.

I love chocolate…I love ice cream…I love watching a river run.

I love the laughter of a baby…

I love kissing under the stars and moon.

I love that we have utensils…I love the knife, the fork…the spoon.

I love the wind…the way she whistles through the trees.

I love how leaves change color in Autumn…I love a summer breeze.

I love snakes and insects like the ants and honeybees.

I love that everybody in the world does not look or act like me.

I find when I take the time to look around and a love list I create…

the more I concentrate on love…the less time I have to hate.

I leave you with that final thought…

you’ll find from this poem I have departed…

but as far as making today’s love list…

well…

I’m just getting started.