Peace is not found in the absence of Injustice, Confusion, or Rage. Peace is what you create When you rise above the Fears, Hopelessness, and Pain This world will make. Seeking instead solace in Laughter, Goodwill, and Faith. I wish for you the pipes of peace in your daily struggles, And not just once a […]
Walk Their Mile FIrst
They say I don’t walk This world with enough Style or grace. Too slow and clumsy To be any good use to This human race. And given my shoes, They’d show me how it’s done With splendiferous panache. Here… They’re a woman’s size Ten and one-half. Sure, they’ve probably Seen too many Miles. Not to […]
Polite to a Fault
Things that took forever and a day to learn: Politeness is a lost social art. People don’t always understand it and confuse it for weakness. Be polite anyway –that is strength. But, sometimes excessive politeness is really just seeking permission to succeed, or worse, permission to exist —that is weakness. Quote by Margaret Graham You […]
The Difference You Make
What difference to this world will you make? Whether it be small or great, Who can really say? Miniature is not meaningless. Atoms stitch together Our very existence. Water, slow and meandering Has cut many a deep, And breathtaking canyon. What difference to this world will you make? Whether it be small or great, Who […]
Obvious Truths
“Kids reveal an obvious truth: natural wonder is built in to us, we are instinctively attracted to nature. Nature tugs on us like gravity. We travel long distances to stand atop mountains or stroll along seashores for reasons we can’t quite put into words. Nature keeps alive a childlike wonder and enables us to see […]
Use Your Summer Words
Sometimes, Too much truth Wants to come out, All at the same time. And that is when I find My typing fingers twisted, And the keyboard’s tongue tied. But, maybe all I need is just a start. A simple; “Hey! Hi! I’m still here! I haven’t lost my heart, I’m still in the Game. I […]
Teegar and Me
I felt him lean in and breathe deeply. “Oh, mommy… I love the smell of your hair. It smells like water and flowers and fresh air.” Then he drifted off into sleep, Hugging Teegar and me. The one and only, Teegar the Great!
Keeping Faith
Here I keep faith with those who have paid the ultimate price for my free life. Keeping faith is more than thanks. Keeping faith is the continual struggle for freedom, so that their sacrifice is not in vain. Through my words and my life, though small, insignificant, and meek. I strive and struggle and learn […]
Turn
For today, turn it off. The fractions, the distractions, And all those moaning contraptions. For today, turn it all off! It’s your choice. Speak your words for the public, Dress and wrap them boldly. Or, speak a lyrical silence. Your thoughts a private treasure, To be puzzled out and savored instead. Yes. That is it. […]
Authors Of Our Lives
The hardest things we must learn to write, Are the hopes and dreams and deeds That sum up a life. So, endeavor each moment, Each day, learn to refine every character, Every line. And, let us continue to write, until the only Keys left to work, are the ones that spell: Kindness, Truth, Love, and […]