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Friday, October 27, 2017

My 50-year Anniversary Date

I believe
I don't believe you
when you end your thoughts
with believe me.

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Being happy is a choice.
Being unhappy is a choice.
So choose.

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Sometimes
a walk is just a walk.
I don't have to
be going somewhere.

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Even when I am enthused,
my legs don't always
allow me movement.

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Most of us crave
a certain peace,
filled with
benevolent forgiveness.

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Be still and know.
You are wonderful.
Be still and know.
You are just fine.

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I'm weary, but
today I'll think love,
today I'll think joy.
Because peace.

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Revealing
my doubts and fears
allows a scab to form,
begins healing.

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Those who ignore the past
have a date soon
with the la Brea tar pits.

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Taking care of myself.
It's the best thing I can do
to help others.

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I am guilty
of not doing enough,
but I've forgiven myself.




Wednesday, October 18, 2017

It's the Parks' Anniversary

I believe
I don't believe you
when you end your thoughts
with believe me.

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Be still and know
you are wonderful.
Be still and know
you are just fine.

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I'm weary, but
today I'll think love,
today I'll think joy.
Because peace.


Tuesday, October 17, 2017

And More October

If it happens anywhere,
it happens everywhere.
Stay mindful.

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Between who I was
and who I am becoming,
ah, there the work lies.

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What good is there
for me to do?
Those words a nice start
to each morning.

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Having become
an old man,
I do hope I am
living my purpose.

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Be still and know
you are wonderful.
Be still and know
you are just fine.

The Ides of October

At our reunion,
I saw myself as a child.
I am still that child.

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Is it possible
that we chose our parents?
Sometimes I think so.

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I don't always
cross bridges
with joy and ease;
still a work in progress.

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It takes guts
to reveal your hopes
and fears
to those you know
(and don't).

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I am thrilled by
my friends' good fortune.
I enjoy seeing their success.

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There is a time
to do something,
and then
there is a time
to move on.

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I am, of course,
now interested
in how we live
our later years.



Friday, October 6, 2017

A few More...

Outside change is nice,
but inside change might be a 
better starting place.


Ninety seven days
remain, and then we will gain
a new syllable.



I can't!
It's impossible!
It'll never happen!
Oh, look, I'm done

And so forth...

When I’m stressed,
I wake to “oh God, another day.”
When at ease, same thought


The way out is in.
I try to cleanse the messes 
in my cluttered mind.


When I’m angry,
I think,
it’s only a thought,
and a thought can be changed.


The dying are still living. 
Dying is not dead.
Stay steadfast and true.


Not the reason I do so,
yet the more that I give,
the more I get.



Outside change is nice,
but inside change might be a 
better starting place.



Lightworkers are sacred.
They offered, before birth,
to save the planet.

Still On It

A day without mistakes,
in my sweet life,
is a day without mirrors.


Tyrants always fail,
eventually.
Truth and love
are eternal.


The way out is in.
I try to cleanse the messes 
in my cluttered  mind.


Don't fear.
Drink a bottle of 
Not me, not today,
and get after it.