ENDLESS LOVE SONG

 

I m grateful that my life

has been one endless love song…

and grateful for how my soul is always drawn

to the people and the places it belongs

ALL THIS BEAUTY

 

If we think of everyone and everything as precious and beautiful…

then every moment this beauty…we should do our best to be enjoying it…

And make it our mission to walk through all this beauty

without damaging or destroying it.

ALL LIVES ARE PRECIOUS

 

When each of my children were born…at the viewing window 

shoulder to shoulder alongside all the other parents standing there 

with big smiles on our faces…we couldn’t help but stare…

I remember how we all congratulated each other…

as all new parents do…

I told them how precious their baby was…

and they said how mine was precious too.

In that moment standing together in that special birthing place

we saw the innocence and the purity on each little baby face…

As we marveled at the new lives just created…

and wondered if everyone could hear our individual hearts beating…

we realized how life itself is so beautiful, so fragile…so fleeting.

And having experienced this same feeling with my grand children and great-granddaughter

I am more than happy to say…

seeing our babies as precious is a feeling that never goes away…

And so I wonder:

If as they grow we continued to see every child as precious…

if we can still find the purity and innocence on each face

would our children all be a little bitt happier…would the world be a different place?

If we could see all children through the eyes of a new parent…

as they do on the day their new life begins

we would understood what makes them precious lies beneath their sex,

their gender, their religion…and the color of their skin.

If we think back to what we felt…all those years ago…at are first meeting…

and remind ourselves how beautiful is life…how fragile…and how fleeting.

Hopefully it will give us pause…it might make us think twice…before

we demean another person…or send them off to war.

To everyone…especially leaders and politicians:

The next time you feel like belittling another person…

the next time you feel like sending them off to war…

Please…before you do…

remember…these people whose lives you are so callous with…

are precious to someone too.

DAILY GRATITUDE HOME

 

I am grateful I have come to understand…

how a house is a structure 

with floors, 4 walls, a roof and a ceiling

but home is much more than that…

it is an awareness…a sense…a feeling.

Which means whenever my family is near

even if it’s just thinking about them

or talking to them on the phone

from the many places they may roam…

Wherever I am at the time…

I will always feel at home. 

HOME

 

May we all be blessed to grow up in 

and then provide a home

that is a safe sanctuary for our family…

A home filled with:

patience, 

love 

acceptance 

forgiveness…

peace

and a feeling of serenity

WHEN WWE SELL OUR HOME

 

When you’ve lived in a house for a long time…

every now and then you take a moment to pause…

and reflect on how you’ve learned to live with, accept…

and even come to love it’s little flaws.

But when you’re putting that house up for sale…

and it comes to those little flaws over the years your house has collected…

there’s a good chance a new family…would want those flaws corrected.

So we’re in the process of fixing what we can…as we prepare to sell…

while at the same time preparing to highlight the strengths

of a house that has aged and weathered so well.

A little paint and a few repairs…will go a long way to fix those flaws… 

both big and small.

but what has made this house our home

are the memories we’ve etched upon its walls.

Our hope is that we’ll be entrusting our house

to a family with children not yet fully grown.

That a new generation will take the memories we’ve made

and add memories of their own.

For that is one of the wonders of a home

even though it is filled memories that have been etched upon it’s walls before

as long as it’s still standing…there will always be room for more.

We will observe potential buyers as through our house they flow…

and when that right family comes along…we’re confident we’ll know.

We’ll watch the couple as they enter the house

and when they silently squeeze each other’s hand…we’ll listen for their sighs

a host of future memories…unfold before their eyes.

When we feel the memories they make…will seamlessly blend with ours…

we’ will immediately understand…

and as we head off to the mountains…we’ll know our old home is in good hands.

It’s our hope they will love this house as much as we have…

and as the years progress will take a moment every now and then to pause

and reflect on how they’ve learned to live with, accept 

and even come to love not only this old house 

but all its little flaws.

DAILY GRATITUDE THE FRIEND SHIP

 

I am grateful for being the captain of my friend ship

which as it sails across life’s ocean

has welcomed friends aboard along the way

has seen some go ashore at different ports

while others, I know, will be sailing with me

until my dying day