Got a list of gripes,
another of gratitudes.
Which will win the day
depends solely on the mood
of this aging list keeper.
JDG
Day 122 – Weekend Start Up
Saturday workout –
starting the weekend out right
with a few huffs and puffs,
but minimal fuss.
JDG
What It Took
It didn’t take a bonfire to bring
much-needed warmth
to this cold
winter
night.
It
only
took one bloom
from that Christmas
Cactus to warm us all with pink delight.
JDG
A Stone’s Throw
Ignoring a wall
built with hard stones of difference,
he offered comfort
born from a suffering shared
and the perspective it brings.
JDG
Day 121 – Second Third Of Year One
So now I embark
on the second third, feeling
pleased about what I’ve
already achieved, looking
forward to what lies ahead.
JDG
Circular Motion
Round and round she goes,
this kitten, chasing her tail,
and even when she
momentarily grabs on,
it’s not for long, much like us.
JDG
Day 120 – A Small Celebration
One hundred twenty days,
four months,
a third of a year –
any way you cut it,
I’m still here.
JDG
Mottled
On my morning drive to work,
past mottled fields of snow
beneath a mottled sky,
I reflect on the mottled nature of things.
No matter how much we long for purity,
life on this earth is a mottled affair
and so are we.
JDG
Day 119 – Choice And Change
Tired today, wanted a nap.
Chose exercise instead.
Easier than I thought.
Change – the result of choice
and follow through.
JDG
A Different Kind Of Holding
I held back, didn’t
try to fix – just asked myself
and them, “What can you
do to make it more likely
you will find peace or delight?”
JDG
