Fretting and Fuming

does get us somewhere, but it’s

seldom where we want to go.

~

Those old Zen masters

seemed to have the right of it;

“Let go… or be dragged along.”

There is no good time,

twenty, fifty, or ninety,

to lose a beloved friend.

~

But there was a good

time to form great memories

together and that we did.

Let’s take advantage

of these warm, sun-lit Spring days

and soak ourselves in beauty.

~

Beauty provides warmth

and a glow all of its own

regardless of the weather.

Reaching out matters,

but sometimes its best to first

reach within and find what’s there.

~

Who we find inside

will help us when selecting

those we choose to invite in.

Always. Honesty

is the only policy

with some enduring value.

~

Honesty joined with

compassion does not have an

expiration date.

My dog thinks he is

training me and it could be

that he is quite right.

~

Behaviorism!

Dogs drool so Pavlov rings bell.

It, pretty much, works both ways.

How we seek comfort,

when in the throes of illness,

speaks volumes about our selves.

~

How we give comfort

to those who are suffering

speaks volumes about us too.

Sometimes time seems to

move so fast, we are finished

before we even begin.

~

Something the Concorde

reveled in while flying west-

Landing before it took off.

Don’t advise me to

await a time, with patience

while demanding work from me!

~

Often what we tell

others to give is that which

we ourselves withhold.