Peace

When life is hurried,
I wish you calm.
When life is loud,
I wish you quiet.
When life is draining,
I wish you strength.
When life is maddening,
I wish you pleasure.
When life is weighty,
I wish you light.
When life is cruel,
I wish you love.
When life is hectic,
I wish you peace.

SWAK

Sealed With A Kiss

Today is National Write a Letter Day.
Take a moment,
find some paper,
grab a pen
(or pencil or heck, even a crayon)
and scribble a few lines.
Somehow,
a little love in an envelope
makes a person smile,
perks up a day,
changes perspective,
lightens the weight of worries.
To know that someone is thinking of you
is a beautiful gift.
Share the love.

Choice

If you've been gifted with the opportunity
of a brand new day,
the rest is your choice!

Choose happy over crappy.
Choose laughter over tears.
Choose hope over angst.
Choose praise over criticism.
Choose good over bad.
Choose right over wrong.
Choose compassion over indifference.
Choose help over hurt.
Choose confidence over doubt.
Choose jubilation over desperation.
Choose love over hate.

The circumstance does not matter.
The choice is yours.

Joyful

Christmastime, I realize,
can be a painful and lonely time
for some folks.
There are people
that I wish were still here,
that I wish were still part of my life,
that I wish were closer.
The joy, however,
comes with memories,
with lessons learned,
with voices and laughter.
As much as there is always
something to be thankful for . . .
there is even more to be joyful about.

Wait for it . . .

Sometimes
life doesn't give you
what you want,
not because
you don't deserve it,
but because
you deserve
so
much
more.

Do!

Hello fans!  :-)
What do you do
when you see something wrong?
I'm not talking about jumping on
every single hashtag fiasco that goes on.
I mean something local, personal.
Something that really touches you -
deep in your heart.
We don't need to have big bucks
to make a difference.
We don't have to have
the power of the masses.
Sometimes,
the simplest and kindest of gestures
make the biggest, most immense impact.
What we attempt to mend in others
we usually mend within ourselves.

I was away. Now I'm back.
I will be away next week, as well.
Just so you know.

Tendrils

As in a good foundation,
the tendrils we share with others
are kind of amazing.
We are bound together by
laughter, love, memories,
pain, struggle, hope, faith.
Sometimes, those tendrils become
fragile and frayed.
They may break.
Some are so thick and so strong
there will never be a nick.
But they are there.
Dusty, hidden, twisted, gnarled.
But there.
I am so blessed by the tendrils
that I have offered and
those that have been offered to me.
We are knotted.
We are connected.
We support one another.
We help in each other's growth.
Be aware of what your tendrils
are tied to.