DAILY GRATITUDE BEING A DREAMER

 

I am grateful for being a dreamer…

I dream of a world filled with peace, acceptance and love

I dream for hatred, prejudice and wars to be forever gone…

and I’m grateful for the stars and the moon

for creating the wonders I have always dreamed on.

LIKE THE MOON

 

May we be blessed to look to the moon for guidance…

To understand:

No matter what phases we may be going through

that have caused us to hate each other…to fight…

It is only by coming together…

that we will be able to light up the night

IN THE GLOW OF THE MOON

 

It was 4 A. M. when I happened to look out our window 

and what I saw on the ground and in the sky

made me wonder for a moment…if I could trust my eyes.

At first glance it seemed to be the morning…but I knew I was up too soon

the light I was seeing wasn’t the sunrise…it was created by the moon.

It wasn’t only the full moon resting on the clouds over the mountains…

It was also what I saw on the ground below. 

The snow that had blanketed the ground yesterday…

at 4 in the morning was aglow.

I stepped outside to only cold and silence.

The animals were either sleeping or trying not to freeze

because all this beauty came at a cost…it was only 4 degrees.

As I stood there bundled up…also trying not to freeze

I was mesmerized by the moon glow off the clouds, the mountains

and how it cast shadows of the trees.

The high winds that were predicted…either came and went

or, for the moment, decided to cease…

Standing there in the glow of the moon

It was as if the whole world was at peace.

I stood there captivated…onto that magical moment I wanted to hold.

and bathed in the warmth of nature’s beauty…I realized…I was no longer cold…

And I found myself making a wish…

standing there in the glow of the moon…

that the peace I was feeling this morning

would find its way to the whole world soon…

LOVE PROTECTS

 

I am grateful for the words of Jeanne Moreau

who one might consider a sage:

Age does not protect you from love…she wrote

But love

to some extent

protects you from old age

CENTER STAGE

 

They fell in love when they were young

and at that time their love took center stage

even as they lyrics changed throughout the years

adding jobs and friends…

as the two of them slowly aged. 

Then one day their children took center stage

and soon they found…

their love…still strong

could now be spread around.

 

Then the children grew and the house seemed empty

until their grand children took center stage…

and they found their love for each other and family 

remained strong

as they both reached middle age.

Now, much older…with a great-granddaughter

Added to a family that commands the center stage…

they have settled down together

and are enjoying the glory of old age.

DAILY GRATITUDE THOW WHO HELPED MOLD ME.

 

I am grateful for the person I’ve become

and are evolving into every day

and grateful to all those people 

who have helped

mold me along the way.

ONE BIG FAMILY

 

NELLA’S BLESSING

I wish every person in the world would understand

would somehow come to see

how every person in the world

is part of one large extended family…

That we can make this world a better place

with less violence, less prejudice, less mayhem

If whatever troubles people are facing…

we help each other through them.

TO ALL THE VINCENTS OUT THERE

TO ALL THE VINCENTS OUR THERE

There are two advantages to rising early

First:  The silence of the morning is a wonderful time of day to write…

and second:  Since Vincent Van Gogh is one of my favorite artists

I so enjoy a starry night.

This morning as I lingered under the starry night stretching out before me 

Don McLean’s song Vincent came on…It was synchronicity.

The song, of course is about Van Gogh.  

and the demons in life he could not defeat of hide…

that led to a life of emotional pain and his eventual suicide.

The saddest words in this song for me are::

And when no hope was left in sight

On that starry, starry night

You took your life as lovers often do

But I could have told you, Vincent

This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.

Sitting under the stars with these lyrics in my head I was thinking about Vincent…

all his troubles…all his strife…

and I imagine there are many of us who’ve had a Vincent in our life.

A troubled soul who comes to mind…on a starry, starry night

who we couldn’t helped find a way out of their darkness…

and introduced them to the light.

How we wish they would have heard us…before their life was through

when we tried to tell them this world IS meant for someone as beautiful as you. 

If there is anyone contemplating suicide this day….as you begin it

please know there are a lot of people who love you

who want you to know…

this world IS so much more beautiful…

with all you Vincents in it.

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DAILY GRATITUDE APRICITY

 

Spending December and January in the mountains

where we have found the cold can oftentimes stun…

we are extremely grateful for apricity:

the warmth of the winter sun.

OUR FOOTPRINTS

 

May we be blessed 

when the sun finally sets on our life

be it in the summer, Fall winter or spring

that the footprints we leave behind

will show we walked with kindness

toward the Earth

and every living thing.

SUNRISES

 

As we watched the sun slowly rise this morning

gradually illuminating the mountains in the distance, 

our mountain…

and the valley in between…

we began to wonder in our 73 years…how many sunrises have we seen?

How many early mornings…how many different places

how many times have we been together

to watch the sun illuminate our faces?

We’ve seen the sun rise over rivers, over lakes, oceans and seas

We’ve seen her fight her way through a thick, dense fog 

to shed her light upon the trees

We’ve seen her reflect off the bison in Yellowstone,

as she helped them welcome in a new day.

We’ve seen her highlight hummingbirds…hovering at our feeder

alligators in the swamp and dolphins in the bay.

We’ve seen her change the color of a waterfall. 

We’ve seen her bring out the blueness of the crow.

We’ve seen her change the color of the clouds.

We’ve seen the moment she greets the snow.

We have witnessed first-hand 

the sun’s enormous generosity and power…

how she shines on everything and everyone 

every human, every animal every flower…

We imagine we’ve seen quite a few sunrises…

but since neither of us have kept count

We’ll never know when it comes to sunrises

what is the exact amount…

But we do know every sunrise we see…is like a gift

given freely to every creature, every plant, every woman…every man

and we intend to do our best…to enjoy that gift each morning

and see as many sunrises we can.

TINY VOICES

 

It is important to remember…..

when we feel like a bird lost in the wilderness….

that our one voice is too soft and tiny…

that it won’t reach very far…

when we put our soft and tiny voices together…

how loud and far-reaching our voicer are.