DAILY GRATITUDE ORDINARY LIFE

 

I am grateful for all the friends I have…

for my family and my wife…

and grateful to be living

one gorgeous ordinary life.

CHOOSING WHAT TO WEAR

 

Today when you’re picking out your clothes…

When deciding the who you want the world to see…

May you clothe yourself in love…

in kindness and generosity.

KINDNESS TREES

 

Now, more than ever when we see the direction our world is going…

Love, generosity and kindness are the seeds we should be sowing.

Planting these seeds…so our children….all children…will come to know

how their love, kindness and generosity is what makes their seedling grow.

And once their tree peeks through the soil…they will joyously see

how every act of love, kindness and generosity…adds a new leaf to their tree.

They will see, when it comes to making their tree grow, what is paramount…

Is how their love, kindness and generosity…can be provided in small amounts.

As they watch new leaves form on their tree…they will come to understand.

the power in every kindness, every act of love, every time they lending a helping hand

Every time they hold a door, pat someone on the back…

allow someone to go ahead of them…even if they’ve been waiting for a while.

Every time they listen, leave a note, give a hug, a compliment…a smile. 

How quickly all children will discover…from the tiniest of seeds…

Small amounts of love, kindness and generosity…

is all their tree of kindness needs.

They will see what nature intended…

that as they add more and more leaves to their tree

How love, kindness and generosity form a self fulfilling prophecy…

because as they watch their kindness tree grow…all children will come to learn

with every act of love, kindness and generosity…they give…

an act of love, generosity and kindness is returned.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful…if we planted these seeds…

in all the lands across the seven seas…

Who knows?

The world might just change direction…if we grew more kindness trees

DAILY GRATITUDE THREE THINGS

 

I am grateful for understanding

three important principles

that have allowed me to keep a sense of 

what is important, 

what is fundamental

and what is necessary..

Knowing how life is Precious

Knowing life is fragile

And knowing life is momentary.

ONE PRECIOUS LIFE

 

May we be blessed whatever 

whatever label we employ…

to answer this simple question…

What do you plan to do with your life

That will bring others…and you…it’s joy?

LIFE IS PRECIOUS

 

Anyone who has ever seen baby being born,

has lost a loved one, a child, father, mother

partner, husband or a wife…

knows how amazing…how treasured…how precious is a life.

It’s difficult to actually put into words how precious this life is

from the time we were in utero…

It is more than words can ever express…more than we can ever know. 

With life…there are chances for contentment…

filled with surprises big and small

Without life…it’s obvious…there is no chance at all.

Life is precious because we know

for no particular reason…no particular rhyme

this life we have been gifted…can end at any time. 

Which means this gift of life is to be cherished…savored 

every minute of every day

It is not meant to be wasted…not meant to be thrown away.

It is meant to live in harmony with the lives of all our sisters and our brothers…

It’s never meant to demean, harm, abuse or take that gift from others.

Life is too precious to be restricted, manipulated…or defined

too precious not to be accepting, compassionate, generous and kind.

Too precious to think of only me and mine…instead of yours and ours…

Too precious not to try new things…to reach up to the stars.

Yes, life is a thing of wonder…a thing of beauty and creativity…

so precious we need to make every day

the adventure it is meant to be.

DAILY GRATITUDE CHILDREN

 

I am grateful and privileged to have worked with children most of my life

Children…whose hearts and souls are pure…

which has always made to wonder

If, when facing the troubles in the world today,

our children hold the passkey to the cure.

If need to think about our children before we act…

think about them like we’ve never thought about them before…

think about them before we abuse, before we demean

before we release our hate…before we go to war.

Because…if we think about our children not after…but before…

We may think twice before we abuse, before we demean

before we release our hatred…and before we go to war.