DAILY GRATITUDE THOSE WHO BRING THE SUNSHINE

 

I am grateful for those who have the ability

without preparation, coaching or training

to bring the sunshine with them…

even…when it’s raining.

TAKE OUR CUE FROM THE SUN

 

May we be blessed…

To take our cue each morning from the sun

and greet each day with gentleness and grace…

then go out and have some fun

THE MYTH OF THE SUNRISE

 

From the moment we could think…and looked out on the Earth and stars

we have searched for answers from the universe…as to who…and why…we are.

Before we knew some of the answers…before we were better informed…

we created stories in our minds…that’s how myths were formed.

The other morning walking along the beach…as often is our plan 

I noticed there along the shore…a solitary fisherman.

With only a rod and reel…no kind of bait with him…not one…

It looked to me like this lonely fisherman

was trying to catch the sun.

I watched him cast his line and saw him hook the sun… 

I couldn’t believe my eyes!

because as he reeled in his line…the sun began to rise.

Everything I thought I knew about the sun…

was changing right before my eyes…

because the more he reeled in his line…

the higher the sun would rise.

When the sun was up and rising on its own…

having broken through the dawn

I looked along the shoreline…and the fisherman…was gone.

Had I just watched a normal sunrise…or perhaps…instead

was all this just a myth…created in my head.

In a world where science has many answers…

as to the world we’re dealing with…

I like to think there’s still some room…

for a little imagination…a little myth.

And perhaps when it comes to reality and myth…

a little compromising…

Because I like the ida….of a lonely fisherman

whose job every morning…

is to make sure the sun is rising.

BEAUTY

May we one day come to truly understand and find

the beauty in everyone created…

and may we further understand what creates that beauty

is how we’re all related.

And the only way this beauty…

can ever be perfected…

is when we come to understand

how by this beauty…we are all connected.

THAT HAT

When I saw it in the store a few years ago…“What a cool hat!” I thought…

and since it was the only one in the store…I bought it on the spot.

I loved the colors when I purchased it…but could never have imagined that…

I’d get so many wonderful reactions every time I wear my hat.

Usually it makes people smile…it might cause them to stop and chat…

and I’ve long ago lost count of all those who say…”I love your hat”.

 

Occasionally when I’m wearing my rainbow colored hat upon my head…

It will remind people, usually older people, of the Grateful Dead.

The other day in a store…I was standing by this old man…

certainly older than me…

when I noticed out of the corner of my eye…he was staring at me.

Of course it was my hat not me that he was looking at….

and when I smiled at him he said…:

“Your hat reminds me of a time when I was younger

and me and a friend went up and down the east coast following the Grateful Dead.”

He said they made what little money they needed to live on every day

by selling Dead Head ’T’ shirts…every stop along the way.

A smile lit up his face…and as he walked out the store’s front door

and In that moment he looked a little younger than he had a moment before.

There is a little magic in this hat…when bought it I did not see…

And if that magic makes people smile or remember…it’s good enough for me.

In this world that has turned angrier…I am so delighted that

so many can find a little happiness in my rainbow tie-dyed hat.

DAILY GRATITUDE MAGIC

 

I am grateful for this lesson I learned as a child…

when I was out in the world…exploring it…

how magic is so easy to fine…

when you’re out there looking for it.

WE ARE ALL MAGICIANS

 

May we be blessed to understand…

We are all magicians…

We all have the ability make another person smile…

We all have within us

 the power to make them feel worthwhile.