DAILY GRATITUDE MEMORY

 

I am grateful for every moment of my life I can recall

spent with friends and family members…

and just as grateful I’ve been created

with the ability to remember.

HALPING HUMANITY

 

May we all be blessed to learn 

whenever we help another person rise

While asking for nothing in return….

when their worries and fears we’ve helped to quell

not only do we help them rise

we help humanity rise as well.

AN OLD FISHERMAN'S TALE REVISITED

 

The father was a fisherman…the weekend could never come too soon.

He loved to drive up to the lake and fish under the moon.

The son was not interested in catching fish…

still…his weekend could never come too soon

when he accompanied his father up to the lake 

he couldn’t wait to catch the moon.

The father often wished a fisherman his son would one day make

but the son seemed much more interested in catching the moon reflected in the lake. 

One day instead of handing his son a fishing pole on a quiet moment afloat…

the father filled a bucket with water and set it in the boat.

“Keep your eyes on the water in the bucket.” The father said. 

“I’ll row around and soon…

let me know the exact moment when you have caught the moon.”

The son was so excited having captured the moon…as it shimmered in his palm…

He smiled as he asked…”Dad, can we take it home to Mom?”

“The moon is not meant to be captured for long.” His father was quick to say.

“But do not fret, when we get home…I’ll show you another way.”

When they returned home from the lake…they shared with Mom the good news

And then…

the father refilled the bucket and said, “Let’s all go catch the moon again.”

The father knew a lot of tricks…he’d been teaching his son since he was small

but that night he taught his son, perhaps, the greatest trick of all.

He showed his son a father’s love is something that can never come too soon…

the night they filled their bucket with water…and went fishing for the moon.”

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

 

I am grateful for the words of Lao Tzu

when it comes everything in my life

All my personal belongings…all my stuff:

Anyone who knows that enough is enough

will always have enough.

LEARNING FROM THE MICE

 

As a race of people we seemed determined on destroying each other….

but before we cross that final line…

may we be blessed to think about the words of Albert Einstein.

Who made this observation…

when he saw the futility of humans destroying each other

banning other humans from their countries…

their neighborhoods…their house

 

‘Man invented the atomic bomb

BUT

No mouse in the world would 

ever build…a mouse trap. 

to trap or kill another mouse.

TIRED OF TWO WORLDS

 

 I am tired of living between two worlds…

and most of the time being confused!

A world where some children are surrounded by love

while others are abused.

A world where some people have more food than they can eat…

while others search for meals in dumpsters on the street.

A world where everyone knows how valuable Earth is to our existence…

to the future of our children…to their wishes, hopes and dreams

while some people callously pollute the land, the sky,

the oceans, the rivers and the streams. 

A world where some people pray to Gods who encourage them to love, 

to share with everyone they meet…and our diversity to celebrate…

while others in the name of their Gods sow prejudice and hate.

A world where some people declare how every life is important…

every person born…a gem…

while they turn their backs on anyone

who doesn’t look or pray or believe…or act like them.

A world where leaders assure the world, it is peace they’re searching for

while they drop bombs on innocents, arm their children…

and send them off to war.

Yes, when I look around it saddens me…and I find it so confusing…

to see the kind of world some people have been choosing…

And so I pray for the day when across our world… 

love into every life will be infused…

when kindness is everyone’s first thought when they meet someone 

and I will no longer be confused.

DAILY GRATITUDE ALL THE WONDERS

 

I am grateful for my morning walks…

for all the wonders that I see…

and grateful for the person, the trees, the flowers,

the birds, the animals and the insects

who share this walk with me.