You are thankful and a valued member of authorsden, jane
you don't join cliques or rubbish other writers, you've
got nothing but praise for your fellow poets.
OH HOW BLESSED WE ARE WHEN GOD SENDS PEOPLE INTO OUR LIVES THAT MAKE DIFFERENCE! THAT LADY GAVE YOU THE WORDS AND DIRECTION YOU NEEDED; IF YOU CAN'T PRAY FOR THEM...YOU HAVEN'T FORGIVEN THEM. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T FORGIVEN THEM...'YOU' DON'T HAVE PEACE. BLESS YOU, JANE. THE POINT IS...NOT TO FORGET WHAT THEY'VE DONE BY LETTING THEM DO IT AGAIN, BUT TO FORGIVE THEM FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE, LOOK FORWARD AND PRESS ON! STRENGTH AND BLESSINGS! LOVE AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
She told you right! There are many variations, like count your blessings before you count your troubles and always looking at your cup as half-full rather than half empty. What a wasted emotion a bad attitude is! Gets in the way of all kinds of communication that can be beneficial and instructive. Like the card a girlfriend sent me once showing a mean looking monster being held back tied to a leash that was about to break with the admonition… "You can't hold a grudge!"
Now this is sound advice is there ever is one. Perhaps "gratitude" is the forgotten impulse, as you have cleverly noted here. Let's remember it and reap the blessings again. Gratitude for who we are, for life, for living. Thank you, Jane, for this timely reminder.
If you tend to believe romantic, passionate, masculine poetry is a thing of past eras, read "She Intrigues Me," and be swept away in the beautiful craft of a contemporary poet of love.
Selected poems from previous & forthcoming collections together with Q&R apps on each page to enable audio rendition simultaneously with the written text
you don't join cliques or rubbish other writers, you've
got nothing but praise for your fellow poets.
You can see fairies and magic!
best wishes, dearheart!
kenny
Regis.
Sandie
Ron