DAILY GRATITUDE TRY ANOTHER WAY

 

From a time when I was young…

until today…when I am old

I am grateful I ever came across

the teaching of Marc Gold.

When I first entered the classroom as a teacher…

his ideas were on full display…

He taught if my students weren’t learning the way I was teaching…

I should Try Another Way. 

His simple message…that in my mind he would implant

helped me to see my students for what they can do…

instead of what they can’t.

It’s a philosophy I hope people will use today…in life

It is still a beautiful thought…

to see people for who they are…

not for who they are not.

And when it comes to prejudice and hatred and war…

prevalent in our societies today…

Instead of doing what isn’t working…

Perhaps it’s time to try another way.

NOT SO EASY TO ERASE

 

May we be blessed to think about 

the words we write and say…

Think about their impact…

before we send them on their way.

Before we use words to harm…

humiliate or disgrace…

may we be blessed to remember how feelings…

unlike words…

are not so easy to erase.

BEFORE THE BOMBS

 

Have you ever noticed how people gather together..

comfort and help each other…after the bombs have dropped

Family, friends, neighbors, strangers…hugging

consoling one another as they search through the rubble 

after the the bombs have dropped.

People grieving together…leaning on each other

trying to deal with unspeakable loss and sorrow…

after the bombs have dropped

Mother’s, fathers, children…innocent victims of war and hatred…

walking side by side…hand in hand…

trying desperately to understand…

after the bombs have dropped. 

Have you ever thought to yourself…

how throughout Earth’s history

this fighting among ourselves has gone on too long?

That perhaps we have it backwards…

perhaps we have it all wrong.

What if we made an effort…to gather together

comfort and help each other…

before the bombs are dropped

What if family, friends, neighbors, strangers 

would hug and console each other

before the bombs are dropped

What if before we dropped our bombs:

we made an effort to see all people of the world as one family 

and Earth as one land…

What if before we dropped our bombs

we tried walking…side by side…together…hand in hand.

If we all made an effort before we drop our bombs

to know, understand and love each other…

to pick each other up…when we fall…

Then…and only then

as one family…as one Earth 

there would never be a reason

to create and our bombs again.

NEVER VERY FAR AWAY

 

I am grateful knowing that those I have loved

who are no longer here today…

Because I still hold them in my heart 

and I’m my thoughts

are never very far away.

THEIR DREAMS

 

When someone we love dies

forever…after they depart…

may their laughter, their smile 

and their dreams…continue 

to find a way into our hearts.

A BEAUTIFUL NONGOODBYE

 

As she held his hand knowing it was almost time that fateful day…

She said, “I will not say goodbye to you…because there is so much more to say.

I know that you can hear me…and now that our time together is almost through

I just wanted you to know how lucky I have been to know someone like you.

As I look back on all our years together…while still hoping we have more…

there are so many things about my life…I’d like to thank you for.

I’d like to thank you for every moment…every second that we shared.

I’d like to thank you for being with me times I have been brave….

And those times I have been scared.

For the times we danced together, all those times throughout the years…

we sat together in silence, all the times you eased my fears

For every walk we’ve ever taken, every song we’ve ever sung.

For showing me as we grow old together…what it’s like to feel young.

For every time we laughed…every time we cried.

For knowing whatever happened…you would be there be by my side.

For all the wonders we’ve experienced…and all our wonders we have seen..

From our first place to our last place…and for all those places in between.

For the sunrises and sunsets we’ve enjoyed…for somehow having the knack

To take me higher than I’ve ever imagined…to the moon, the stars…and back. 

No, I will not say goodbye to you…goodbye is final…so, if you please

let me say I love you…and send it out upon the breeze…

let it float until it finds you…I know not where or when….

and let it keep you company…until we meet again.”

DAILY GRATITUDE LOVE WISH

 I am grateful to wake up each day with but one thought on my mind

as I think about my family…and the world family…

I look to the heavens above…

and throughout the day I make this wish on everything I can wish on…

Let there be love

Let there be love

Let there be love.