DAILY GRATITUDE EXCITEMENT AND ROUTINES

 

I am grateful how exciting my life has been!

All the joys of visiting different places

different cities, 

different landscapes…

different scenes…

and gratefully delighted how when we return home…

How we find joy and comfort in our routines.

INSPIRATION

 

May we be blessed to hold onto this thought

Each morning as we step out our front door:

that whatever we choose to do today 

is something

our future self will thank us for.

 

EXTRAORDINARY ROUTINE

 

As we rise each morning to welcome a new day

a day that’s never before been seen…

we wonder how much of this day will be extraordinary

and how much will be routine.

And though I love when extraordinary things happen…

whether anticipated…or unforeseen

I find just as much wonder in our everyday routine.

That is the charm of our routines….if we look closely we become aware

of the awesome beauty in the everyday….and of the comfort we find there.

I’ve loved watching our family through the years…the changes have seen….

sometimes profound but most of the time mere subtle changes in our routine.

Because over the years we have found 

since family is where most of our routines stem…

as our children grew from babies into adults

our routines changed along with them. 

I’ve loved the routines we follow today…

as well as all the ones that have come before

because imbedded in these daily routines are traditions I adore. 

We have found as we live our life

routines are where living and life coincide

And here at their intersection

tis where our love and happiness reside…

How lucky we have been

as we greet each new day…never before seen

in a lifetime spent together….

To find the extraordinary…in each routine.

DAILY GRATITUDE WHAT MAKES US BEAUTIFUL

 

I am grateful for a lesson taught to me by my parents…

that have helped to make my life happy and meaningful:

How it is our differences that make us unique…

and also what make us beautiful….

DIVERSITY

 

May we all one day SOON, be enlightened enough to see

the strength and energy of any society

It’s beauty, it’s health…it’s vitality

Lies embedded in it’s diversity.

DIVERSITY

 

May we all one day SOON, be enlightened enough to see

the strength and energy of any society

It’s beauty, it’s health…it’s vitality

Lies embedded in it’s diversity.

WIDE VARIETY

 

When it comes all the different aspects of my life…

Those things I hear, smell, touch, taste and see

like most people, I imagine…I love a wide variety…

I love a wide variety of food and drink

some good…some not so good for my heart.

I love a wide variety of sports…

A wide variety of music…a wide variety of art. 

I love a wide variety of colors…

in the clothing that I choose

from the multicolored hats and shirts I wear…

to the rainbow laces in my shoes.

I love the wide variety nature offers…

from the diversity of her birds that fly

to the different shapes and color of her clouds

and the way she paints the sky.

I love the wide variety of her animals on the ground…

Her insects…from her butterflies to her bees.

I love the wide variety of her landscapes…

her flowers and her trees.

I love the wide variety of her seasons…

the way her spring and summer winds and zephyrs blow

from the silent whispers of her falling rain

to the gentle dancing of her snow…

I believe there are a wide variety of people 

in this world…people just like me

Who when they look at every aspect of their life…

delight in its vast and wide variety.

Who wish that love of nature, of art and music

our clothing and the different foods we eat 

Would spread out across the world

to the wide variety of people whom we meet.

GOOD PEOPLE

 

A simple message to begin Pride Month (and every day)

It works for families, strangers and friends…

Good people do good things for other people

It’s where this message begins.

and where this message ends.

PROUD TO BE WOKE

 

I consider myself woke….to me…woke means love…

I wear the woke badge proudly…I slip love on like a glove.

To be woke is to believe that love can find its way

into the life of everyone on Earth…

whether straight, bi, transgender, lesbian…or gay.

To be woke is to believe love does not discriminate 

whether one is male or female…young or old…overweight or thin…

Woke does not care what religion one believes or the color of their skin.

To be woke is to believe everyone is equal… 

It understands everyone is our sister or our brother.

Woke means never putting any person higher or above another.

Woke teaches acceptance, hope and generosity

principles on which to live…

Woke believes it is not how much we can take from life…

but how much we give.

To be woke is to accept and welcome everyone with open arms…

To help everyone get ahead…

To ensure every person in the world is clothed and housed and fed.

Woke means understanding how most people in the world abhor war

and wold love for wars to cease…

It understands most mothers and fathers want their children

to live in a world of joy and peace.

To be woke is a wonderful feeling…as valuable as the most precious jewel

But lately some politicians and their followers use this word 

to disparage, defame and ridicule.

And so I hope and pray…everybody who misconstrues woke this way

this feeling you will quell…

that you will wake up from the dark cloud that engulfs you…

and become woke as well.

And once you enter the cloud of wokeness…

from inside here you’ll see

woke is not only a beautiful thing

but a wonderful place to be.

DAILY GRATITUDE FAMILY AND FRIENDS

 

I am grateful throughout my life…

as my life moves by so swift…

To have viewed any time with family and friends

not only a bonus…but as a gift.

TOGETHERNESS

 

If we ever want to fix our divided world 

may we all be blessed…

To understand…

We heal, 

not inisolation

but in togetherness

UMBUNTU AGAIN

 

In a world where humanity is something many lack…

Here’s another reminder…it’s not too late to bring it back…

UBUNTU

It was an anthropological study…that I shall now describe:

A basket of fruit was placed near a tree…in front of the children of an African tribe

Who were told they needed not only to be fast but resolute

because the one who gets to the basket first…gets to eat all the fruit.

When they were told to run…they didn’t at first…instead like birds of a feather

they each took the hand of the child next to them…and then they ran…together.

Together they ran to the basket…fast and resolute

Together they reached the basket… and together…they ate the fruit.

When asked why they chose to run that way…”UBUNTU” cried each lad…

adding, “How can one of us be happy…if all the other ones are sad?”

In South Africa the word UBUNTU…means ‘I am because we are’

It’s a belief we are defined by our compassion and kindness towards others…

and it’s a word that travels far

For every culture, every civilization…across the land, the sky, the seas 

has a word with similar meaning…In America…it’s humanity.

Arabic, French, German and Hindi have similar words like these:

(Al Insaniyya, Humanite, Menschlichkeit, Manavata)

So do the Spanish, the Italians, the Finnish as well as the Chinese

(Humanidad, Umanita, Ihmiskunta (Renlei) 

It’s a simple word…humanity…that has an allure…a wonderful attraction

but it remains only a word…until we put it into action.

I’m glad to see so many cultures have this word as part of their folklore…

I think, however, the entire world…need sto practice UBUNTU a little more.

We need to spread humanity and let our actions travel far….

We need to teach the world UBUNTU…'I am because we are’.

We need to follow the example of the children…we need to be fast and resolute…

We need to join hands as one…together…and together enjoy our fruit.