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“With an eye made quiet
By the power of harmony,
And the deep power of joy,
We see into the life of things.”
William Wordsworth
The appointed time had come
On this night of ‘Earth Hour’
Millions of us were participating
Shutting off our modern day power
My spouse and I had nestled into our sofa
Very romantically sharing a bottle of wine
Now, no noises or modern day distractions
And soon, our feeling of serenity, was divine
And soon, our many pets began joining us
As if they, too, understood its significance
Not one of them made any fuss or misbehaved
They seemed to be enjoying this candlelight bliss
As we all sat together in the living room, in serene silence
My wife soon whispered, ‘We should do this once a week!’
So I think we’ve just started a marvelous new family tradition
Gathering by candlelight, finding a bit of life’s serenity we seek
©2008, Mr. Ed
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Love this Poem ED!
CLOSE DOOR, Draw the blinds, Candles Lit...
WE do this weekly, without the pets and it's serenity is MOST welcomed!
Yours is a complete bliss with family pets!
Picture above is PPPur - fect!
Enjoy!
Write On!
Warmest Blessings and Inner Peace, Warrior Purple Lady Shexoooo
STay Positive!
STay Strong!
Be always safe
Karen
Allen
Christine
Fee
Love Tinky
Love,
Becca~
I MISSED IT ... was fast asleep, with 2 little teensy-weensy nite-lites aglow in a 45' trailer! But was there in Spirit.
Can't help but wonder - what would a simple ONE DAY BOYCOTT ON DRIVING ACHIEVE?
I would recommend it be in the Middle of the week, on a WEDNESDAY, and call it NATIONAL UN-HUMP DAY!
Imagine if EVERYONE EVERYWHERE ALL CALLED OUT SICK and didn't DRIVE - to work, from work, to the store, from the store, to the bar, from the bar, to the mall, from the mall, to the school, from the school, to the college, from the college, to the GAS PUMP, from the GAS PUMP, and on, and on, and on ...
Of course there would be Emergency Personnel necessary, like; Medical, Fire, Police - but, just imagine the impact - NO RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC - ANYWHERE - AND TWICE! The Traffic Reporters would be Paranoid - NOTHING to report! NO ACCIDENTS! NO DELAYS! NO JAMS! ZILCH! NUTTIN' HONEY!
Well, IF they all cooperated - there would be NO NEWS REPORTS, NO WEATHER REPORTS, NO SPORTS REPORTS - NO 'FILM AT ELEVEN" - or Ten, or Six, or Five, or Four, or Three, or Two, or even ONE! NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS, RIGHT?
Maybe it would be like the old movie, "The Day The Earth Stood Still' starring Michael Rennie in 1951.
NO SALES - NOT AT GAS PUMPS! NOT AT ANY MALLS, STORES - NO WHERE! NONE! NADA!
Perhaps complete Families might actually spend ONE DAY UNITED - sitting down and eating meals TOGETHER! - maybe even saying GRACE? TOGETHER! - doing household chores TOGETHER! Actually playing TOGETHER? Actually Listening to one another? TOGETHER!
BUT - ALAS and ALACK! The entire Retail Industry would be bitching and moaning because they LOST MONEY FOR ONE DAY! But, do not dismay, they would recover by having a new, Special Sale Day - THE DAY AFTER UN-HUMP DAY SALE!
Then we could all get back to Normalcy - you know, like:
AVARICE - GREED - RUSHING - WASTE - CORRUPTION - LYING -
DOG-EAT-DOG! ME - ME - ME!
Did I tell you how good it is to have you back home, and here? :o)
Micke
I become aware of new concepts and,get some of my best thoughts for poems!
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
Saving this one - thank you, God bless!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :D *purring at the kitty*
Amber "V"