Today I am at peace with the world
and with myself
My grass is greener my coffee never better
and who knows why?
I have often proclaimed smugly that the
richest person is not the one who has
the most
but the one who needs the least--
Today I need nothing more.
I have family and friends
A home
And no debts.
How many residents on this beautiful planet
can say as much?
I went to my comfortable lanai
to retrieve my glasses
and returned empty handed
How funny is that!
The mentally disabled could easily
do better…
The falling rain never felt as cool
I quickly gave my two thirsty plants
a needed drink
They are such great teachers and
I know how forgiving they are.
My overhead fans are whisper quiet
Although my hands are filled with
10 thumbs--
I put them together and installed them.
Somewhere in Taiwan is a family
with income from those fans
They will never know how satisfied
I am for their efforts.
Do you understand “buffering?”
It’s a technical term that PC and television
viewers know all too well
Not me.
I fixed two issues and now my sources of
manmade entertainment are performing
flawlessly.
Whence comes these comforting feelings?
Where were they before today?
A mountain and pastoral scene whispered
the answer--
Today you were granted a glimpse of
the Promised Land
Your task is to remember it well...
There are those who pursue "happiness" in life. As for me, I prefer to pursue "contentment." The former, while beautiful, is electric and prone to short bursts followed by the inevitable downs. The latter, however, is meant much more for the long run. It is lovely, stable, and ultimately comforting.
Ron: The last line was directed entirely toward me! I do not preach with my poems and tell readers what to think. Your caveat is just a false inference that you made. tsk tsk. Take it back or I could send my Flying Spaghetti Monster drone over to your house and bombard you with a bucket of swamp water dredged up from the depths of Donald Trump's mote.
I love the very uplifting and highly personal nature of this poem. Yes, compared with almost any decade in the past, we are leading a charmed life. At least those of us who have attained the right education, experienced the world outside of our small community, and obtained enough economic wealth not to be worried about food and shelter and all the things that go with it every day of our lives. So many do and need help.
If heaven could be described, you seem to be describing it quite well. All we have to do is look around us at all the beauty that both nature and man have created.
There is one caveat in that last line. That is that we could lose it all by being selfish, stupid and ignorant when it comes to accepting what is wonderful and not trying to keep it all to ourselves.
Yes, it serves well to sit back and remember what we have that makes us happy, not the most of things, as you say, but the little, the least of things. I finally found a tennis partner last week after a year's drought of not playing tennis. Nothing could have made me happier, and I am still happy just thinking about the next tennis session with my new partner. Great poem, Edward, full of hope and blessing.
Finally, the commentary that adds even more to the diagramed version of The Easy Study Bible. Follow the diagramed verses of this new clear translation with a verse by verse commentary. Understand even better the New Testament book of Philippians.
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Rebecca
If heaven could be described, you seem to be describing it quite well. All we have to do is look around us at all the beauty that both nature and man have created.
There is one caveat in that last line. That is that we could lose it all by being selfish, stupid and ignorant when it comes to accepting what is wonderful and not trying to keep it all to ourselves.
Ron