DAILY GRATITUDE LOVE

 

I am grateful for feeling so close to those I love…

As we float together down life’s ever-changing streams…

So close…that the only things that can fit between us…

Are our hopes our wishes and our dreams.

PEACE

 

May we be blessed to see…

How thinking the only way we will find our peace 

is when our life finally comes together…

is a misconception…a fallacy…

Because through life’s ups and downs

Through mild or inclement weather…

It is only when we find our peace

that our life can come together

THE CHANGE

 

Be the change you want to see in the world…

This thought be shouted from every rooftop…every soap box.

Deborah loves this adage so much…she’s painted it on rocks.

This idea if heeded with kindness in our heart and a smile on our face

could change the path, the order…the direction

of the entire human race.

It is another rendering…of the oftentimes repeated Golden Rule

which basically means when it comes to other people…be kind…not cruel.

Between it’s lines is the message that we should try to be a delight

that we should work towards freedom for all…and basic human rights.

History has taught us that violence is not the answer

It merely begets more violence…and not only hurts the body but the mind…

because whenever one person takes an eye for an eye 

two people are left blind.

It isn’t easy to be the change we want to see 

when our world is filled with hate and bombs and guns…

But look when you around…at all the love, acceptance 

and compassion in some hearts hearts you see

that change has already begun.

By standing up to injustice, violence, abuse, hatred, prejudice and war

and the insults when we do that will invariably be hurled…

we are being the change we want to see…

and together we will eventually change the world.

VIOLET'S FIRST LAUGH

 

Violet, our great-granddaughter, experienced a special moment the other day

(I’m sure she won’t mind if I speak on her behalf)

What made this day so special…It was the moment of her first laugh.

Although Deborah and I were not there to hear in person…the moment of her laughter….

through the magic of technology…we were heard her laugh…a little while after.

We’ve been blessed to witness many milestones with our children and grandchildren…

as together we’ve enjoyed life’s ride

and witnessing Violet’s first laugh, just like all the others, filled our hearts with pride. 

And so it all begins again Violet…on another roller coaster ride we go…

ready to watch your milestones…your discoveries…your achievements 

as every day you grow.

We might not be in the front seat of the roller coaster with you…

on any particular day…

but there’s no need to worry…we won’t be far away.

Well be right behind you with smiles on our faces and our arms unfurled

like we were the day you added your laughter to the world.

DAILY GRATITUDE BALANCE

 

I am grateful for understanding early 

what some people understand too late…

that balance in our life is not something we find…

it is something we create.

ONLY WHAT WE NEED

 

May we be blessed in life never to succumb 

to the enticement and attraction of greed…

May we be content and happy with what we have…

give to others who may need…

and as we navigate the world

take from it…only what we need

BALANCE

 

There is a time as children…when we realize

so much of our world is magical…everything is a surprise….

Where we spend our days looking for rainbows and watching fireflies.

When we find ourselves talking to ladybugs, to the bees and the butterflies. 

When we can bee seen whispering to the rabbits, the deer, the birds, 

the flowers and the trees

laughing with the stars, the mountains, the dolphins and the seas.

Then we grow up…get busy with life and it’s responsibilities…

and we spend more time on these and less time with the flowers and the trees

Along the way we forget that feeling of wonder…that feeling of surprise

we had while conversing with the ladybugs, the bees and the butterflies.

We forget how important they once were to us…

how on their every movement we once hung 

when we still spoke with all of nature…at a time when we were young.

Then when we grow even oder…with our eyes re-focused we again realize

how there is still so much magic in the world…so many wonders to surprise.

And as life slows down we find we have more time for rainbows…

for ladybugs and bees…

more time for conversing with the stars…the mountains and the trees.

There are some who learn quite early…

yes, in life there’s time for growth…

that when it comes to balancing time in nature and our responsibilities…

there is always room for both.

And there are some who learn too late…

how life is filled with many magic moments to be seen…

and from their old age…looking back to their childhood they wonder

what they did with all those magic moments in between,