Category Archives: Gratitude

Take the lead

Are you a leader or a follower?

I am thrilled to hear Carole King 
Sing "where you lead, I will follow"
Every time the verse gets me to
Tap my toes. I follow along. I join
Her song. I sing with the track, my
Apologies for that; it's your song,
Ms King, your voice, your vision.
Let me just follow where you lead.

Mouthwatering

List your top 5 favorite fruits.

The peach, it's peachy
And summer fruit is the
Best. It's wonderful when
Summer is in your bowl
Or drips down the side of
Your mouth. Sweet and a
Little sassy. The tart plum
Brings more summer but
Is solid and stoic. Apricots
Have a sudden moment 
When flavor is heightened. 
Other seasons have a right
To their tastes like when a
Pear is perfect and ripe or
The perrenial apple makes
Its varietal abundance known.

Open your heart

Kindness won't break your heart.
There is room enough for you to
Show care for everyone. Let your
Heart and soul swell with love for
The strange strangers and errant
Fools who populate our world. Be
Kind. Be courteous. Be grateful. 
The heart will expand to meet the
New, the sad, the joyful with love,
With kindness. It is a courageous 
Organ. Fear might break it, but 
Kindness cannot break your heart.

List, with gratitude

List the people you admire and look to for advice…

A list, no matter how heartfelt,
Is such a boring approach, but I
Get where you're coming from 
And where I want to go. My peeps
As I call them, to myself, if not to
Them, are universally patient, and
Unstinting in their help. Always
Of good cheer and right to chide
Or redirect me. I go to them for
A guiding hand, in admiration and
With total gratitude. The list is
Silent but well-known among us.

Musing

Where has my poetry flown?
It is at this moment on the 
Tip of my tongue, at the tip
Of my fingers. Not quite ready
To emerge as song or theme.
Waiting for inspiration can be
A long wait, yet wait I must 
Til it marches forth in words
Both poignant and colorful.
I hope for poetry's wings and
Yes, I wait with the fortitude of
A writer whose muse is near.

Extra-Ordinary

What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness?

Five? Is that the magic number?
Everyday things, like sunshine or 
Clouds, like flowers, coffee mugs
Or a t-shirt I love because of the
Memories it conjures, is that the
Key? 5 ordinary, everyday things.
If they bring happiness, they are
Truly extraordinary.  Plainly not
Plain or everyday in the everyday 
Sense that everyday suggests. So
Much depends on the ordinary, the
Everyday. That is extraordinary!

A.B.C.s

Describe something you learned in high school.

In elementary school, you learn 
To read and write. By high school, 
You may have mastered thinking. 
Being philosophical is becoming 
To the teen. Thoughtful and full of
Thoughts with the ABCs as a sweet
Soft cushion to bolster axioms, to
Underpin creeds, and enforce the
Theories to which rampant ideas 
Give voice and credence. Dogma
And ideology do not endoctrinate
The freethinking being who, being
Human, hatches plots that connect
To all others in the world mankind
Shares. Philosophy is a special gift
Which might lead to wisdom in the
Advance of years. But for now be 
Content like the grinning Cheshire.
You are young. Everything is new.

Open

Open everything to be open
To everything. Spring wide
My soul, my heart. Open up
My mind. Let in air, and light.
Open to the good, especially 
The good. Let in greatness.
See with eyes wide open why
An open mind is open to the
Better and the best. Keep an
Unhardened heart and expect
Heartening experiences which
Lighten the soul-aching load 
Your eyes, your mind can feel.