Tag: gratitude

Daggers – 1st May 2022

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Be kind to the beggar
Never offer insults to the poor
Their circumstances now
May not be forever more

Kindnesses are soon forgotten
An insult will often remain
Digging daggers at the heart
Playing a waiting game

15th Mar 2024 – Submitted to RDP Friday

It takes great talent and skill to conceal one’s talent and skill.

François De La Rochefoucauld

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful to Nong Briyao for bringing yummy mangoes from Udon Thani for me.

Two More Questions – 29th April 2022

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Where has all the thinking got us?
All the questions are just too tough
For every answer, two more questions
I guess we just haven’t thought enough
For every answer, two more questions
I guess we just haven’t thought – enough!

Getting upset is like continuing the bad dream while you’re awake.

Ryan Holiday

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful to be able to find solutions to minor domestic issues, water pipes broken, taps not working, needing new garden equipment etc.

Right At Home – 26th April 2022

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I walk around the zoo, muttering that life is hard
Search for a home in all the usual places
Simpler in the past, I try not to disregard
This family full of familiar faces
The time, the people, they all come and go
I learned to be comfortable on my own
Once I found myself then I’d know
That deep inside is my most sacred home

*inspired by The Tiny Wisdom

At a certain point no matter what your politics are, every action you take is political.

Geoff Rickly

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful for homegrown bananas for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The Balloon Holder – 24th April 2022

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Add another balloon to the balance
Watch the world from dizzy heights
Here’s another stone to pull you down
A day full of maybes and mights
Some days balloon turns to stone
And other days it’s the reverse
A terrible time turned out for the best
Then eating cake made things worse
Appreciate and accept these things
See them for what they really are
Everyone faces this difficult balance
And everyone has got this far
There are ways to share the weight
So be grateful when getting older
It’s ok to stay behind a while
Waiting to find the balloon holder

*inspired by an entry at The Tiny Wisdom

They laugh at me because I’m different. I laugh at them because they’re all the same.

often attributed to Kurt Cobain

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful to be able to video call Amy after her nights out and walk her safely home.

Foundation – 22nd April 2022

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When you’re talking to yourself, who’s listening? Who’s talking?
You can never see yourself, not with your own eyes
Who you are is not for you to say but that is what you must be
Do the job and do it well is the foundation you must realise

Maybe we don’t want to talk about it. Perhaps we believe that unexamind luck isn’t quite as fragile.

Seth Godin

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful that I can catch up on sleep if I need to. Last night was a delicious long 11 hours.

Time’s Up – 21st April 2022

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Hello friend, I’m just passing through
But I’m grateful that I got to know you
Thick as thieves, inseparable brothers
One and the same in the eyes of others
So friend, we never got to say farewell
Something happened, neither of us could tell
We didn’t mean to but life pulls in different ways
Memories remain the only thing that stays

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

F.D. Roosevelt

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful for this holiday I’m on – I’m loving it. The fact that I’m OK with holidays or work makes everything I do interesting and I know I’m adaptable to enjoy any situation.

Out Of Reach – 20th April 2022

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These people left holes all over the world
Because they didn’t follow their heart
Saw a life far beyond their reach
So they never even bothered to start

…mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.

Woody Allen

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful to Nut and Brunotoday, for supplying me with more bagels and a small tree for the garden plus some ideas for other plants too.

The Week That Was – 3rd June 1979

Mass Scale Perception Management Operation – 19th April 2022

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You are secretly perfect
But you will never know
The world is perfect too
Purposely hidden from view
The way of the world
Must be the way you go

Because all beliefs are false
The self is an illusion
Our eternities at heart
From the end to the start
Every no is made from yes
Despite our delusion

Learning how to learn is the most important skill to acquire.

Robert Greene

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful to Matt and Mix and their family for cooking lunch yesterday when I went to visit. They made Sukothai Pad Thai. Followed by delicious home-grown jackfruit.

The Curse – 18th April 2022

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Surviving in a world with nostalgia
A regret of living in the now
Is there an old way of living
That people have forgotten somehow?

But it’s a useless battle to fight
To smell the glories of the past
The foibles of a new generation
Ensure it will never last

The curse of the old man
Constantly shaking fists at the skies
They forget their own youth
When they had the time of their lives

For years, maybe even today, sometimes I think ‘What exactly am I going to do with my life? What is my career going to be? I’m only 80 for God’s sake!’

Anne Tyler

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful that the water pumps are still working after stopping last night when I forgot to turn off the hose! Getting forgetful in my old age.

Happy Weeds – 16th April 2022

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In this garden of life
I’m a simple weed, underachieving
Yet I can grow anywhere
And I’ll never stop believing
Happily, I join in chorus
As fellow weeds, we will survive
Take whatever is thrown at us
We’re just glad to be alive

I refuse to grow younger. I came by my decreptitude the hard way and I propose to enjoy it.

Jubal, Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert Heinlein

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful to be able to read all the great stories that smart people took the trouble to write, whether it’s comics or books.

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