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WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

0 posted 2005-03-25 02:09 AM

I thought I’d forget all my troubles;
hiking the high hills today –
but my thoughts betrayed me again –
turning my hopes to bitterness
until a soft voice interrupts
my internal monologue:

“Make your life a celebration,
not cause for regret.
Set a goal, a purpose, a direction
then enter every situation
with eyes wide open.
See your endless blessings;
the knowledge life has granted you:
put these to better use.

They will show you the beauty
of a cascading mountain stream
with a backdrop of jagged peaks
above scraggly pines at the tree line
just below the sun’s slanting rays.

They will give you a sprinkling of fresh snow;
the feel of a shiver as a late autumn breeze
finds an opening in your collar.

Is this not the dawning of a new day
filled with endless possibilities?
Why should you allow yesterday's thoughts
to mar today's joy?
If you came here to find happiness
just for one day, that is all you will get
but if you discover self-empowerment
such happiness you will find
absolutely everywhere.”

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

1 posted 2005-03-25 06:28 AM

Well written, very much enjoyed

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

2 posted 2005-03-25 08:09 AM

Very well done.
TD

Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

3 posted 2005-03-25 08:12 AM

I was just thinking along these lines this morning about how sometimes we see the dark,
and forget to look for the light at the same time....
Very well done. I thoroughly enjoyed this.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful write.

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

4 posted 2005-03-26 11:05 PM

You know it...James

James_A_Fraser
Senior Member

since 2003-09-03

Posts 972
Out Making Anticlines

5 posted 2005-03-27 09:25 AM

Counting my blessings this morning, and this poem is one of them. I'm glad I stopped here again. I read this poem last night and, as I all too often do these days, went straight to another without replying, because even though it's excellent I was hungry for verse. Now it's more leisurely, and I can come back to say I truly enjoyed it.

~~J

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

6 posted 2005-03-27 11:36 AM

Enjoyed hiking the heights with you this morning; thank you for refreshing this soul.

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

7 posted 2005-03-27 03:22 PM

WindWalker

Such good advice! Thank you!

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

8 posted 2005-03-27 04:47 PM

indeed

much needed today
thank you

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