#inspiration
ONE FLOWER IN THE SAND
On a walk along the beach…after we’d been walking for a while
we came upon a flower growing in the sand…and immediately we smiled.
And this one flower got me thinking:
We are living in a world where increasingly we see
some people do not act without first asking themselves…What’s in it for me?
While at the same time…in the same world we see
other people, like this flower, making others smile
never thinking to ask…What’s in it for me?
Look around, despite the news, there is in humanity a definite trend
to help a stranger, help a neighbor, help an animal…help a friend.
You’ll see people encouraging someone they never met before…
complimenting, congratulating, lending a hand…holding a door.
Writing a note, giving a gift…letting another person know…
it’s them they’re thinking of.
helping someone in need…sewing seeds of love.
When we bring someone joy…we fee it in our core….
how we’ve helped to make the world a little more beautiful
than it was a moment before.
And we begin to think in beautiful…because we understand…
all it takes to make the world more beautiful…
is one flower in the sand.
ONE WITH THE UNIVERSE
May we be blessed every day…
as through through the trials and tribulations of this world we traverse….
to understand peace will only come to us
when we are all one with the universe
DO WHAT WE KNOW IS RIGHT
\May we be blessed in this life each day we’re notching…
to do what we know is right
even…when we think no one is watching
DAILY GRATITUDE WHO WE REALLY ARE
Today I’m grateful for kindness
As I grow a little older…each day more and more I find.
the people I admire most in life…
are those who are gentle, generous and kind.
SHELTER FROMTHE STORM
Today I’m channeling on of my favorite Bob Dylan songs to help me with my poem.
SHELTER FROM THE STORM
A storm has raged across this country since its inception…
swirling clouds of greed and prejudice and hate.
And as long as this storm continues…our country never will be great!
To those who have been and still feel oppressed, hopeless and forlorn…
I offer up my house to give you shelter from the storm.
To the indigenous people whose initial kindness
we repaid with savagery and scorn…
Come in, I say, I’ll give you shelter from the storm.
To anyone whose skin color we make feel like a crown of thorns…
Come in, I say, I’ll give you shelter from the storm.
To all of you who know what gender you truly are
inside the body to which you were born…
Come in, I say, I’ll give you shelter from the storm.
To those who choose to pray and love Gods of all different forms…
Come in, I say, I’ll give you shelter from the storm.
To those who choose to love each other
whose love is met with ridicule and scorn…
Come in, I say, I’ll give you shelter from the storm.
And to all of you with a disability…know this…
we all deviate a little from the norm…
Come in, I say, I’ll give you shelter from the storm.
Even though this storm has been raging for 240 years or more…
today it seems much stronger and more destructive than before.
So now more than ever we need more people
To offer a place to keep each other protected, safe and warm….
Now more than ever we need more people to say…
Come in my friends and I will give you…shelter from the storm.
A BLESSING NOT A CURSE
In the vast expanse of what we know as the entire universe…
May we all strive that our presence on this planet we call home
be a blessing…not a curse
DAILY GRATITUDE OLIVIA
Today I’m grateful for the words of Olivia Harrison
who was more than George’s wife….
She also knew the pathway to a satisfying life.
‘If you see someone falling behind…walk beside them
If you see someone being ignored…find a way to include them
Always remind people of their worth…
One small act could mean the world to them.’
OLIVIA'S WORDS
May we be blessed to see…
Oh how I wish we could!
How beautiful life would be
If we understood what George Harrison understood
It’s a simple plan for living…
for keeping our life on track:
How the amount of love we generate…
determines the love we will get back
TRY TO CATCH THE MOON
May we be blessed to always…
with the child within us stay attuned…
May we never stop chasing rainbows
or trying to catch the moon.