Why does it matter?
A question seldom asked.
Just follow the rules of the
boss, society, culture, family…
To step back give an idea time
for thought,
for consideration,
to speak to the inside person
who wants to be heard
It does matter!
The special turn of phrase
the manner of a hug.
the voice that speaks and laughs
is only yours.
“Never forget the essence of your spark!”
~ Taylor Swift
Riding waves of nostalgia
seems never to end
tiring,
exhausting
This metaphor of being
washed up on a beach
in this winter weather
is a tricky one ~
but it does feel
warm and gritty.
As the surf dies down,
life returns to the normal of now.
“The present moment is all you ever have.
There is never a time when your life is not “this moment”.”
~ Eckart Tolle, The Power of Now:
A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Magnificent spread
Excellent home chefs
Wide ranging conversations
Four generations
A new friend
Gift exchange
‘Nuff said
“Let us keep Christmas beautiful without a thought of greed.”
~ Ann Garnett Schultz, poet
A little bird
told me a secret
that everyone knows.
That Christmas Eve
is a time to sit still
at day’s end.
To breathe deep
of the silence
and remember.
Our memories,
happy or sad,
are perched
around us as
ornaments on our tree.
“Night, when words fade and things come alive.”
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Christmas season
holds it’s breath
until the
shopping
wrapping and unwrapping
cooking and eating
have been consumed
until we are all sated and satisfied
~ our hearts and stomachs are full
of the sweet chaos of it all.
“Embracing chaos might be the path to finding peace.”
~ Rachel Hollis, author and speaker
Darkness has fallen,
Snow, bandied about
by the wind, has settled.
Christmas lights in
windows and over doors
vie with tall streetlights.
Music softens the evening.
Day’s work complete. The
night watch is for dreams.
“I love the silent hour of night,
For blissful dreams may then arise,”
~ Anne Bronté,
Best Poems of the Bronté Sisters
