Emotions seem to be
It seems to me
On the surface
of my mind
Ready to pounce
Just a matter of time
Not sure how to treat them
less seriously
more often
Thought I’d have worked that out by now
Someway
Somehow
Posted in Depression or Anxiety or What?, Joy, Life, NaPoWriMo, Oggi, RETIREMENT, Soup, thoughts
Tagged NaPoWriMo, Poem, Psychological Ponderings, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Ruminations, Self-indulgent, short poem, Water color
It’s a bright and shiny
crispy-cold morning
in Kalamazoo
This moment is mine
I believe it’s yours, too
Joy arrives in the moments
that see us all through
The future is iffy
That’s always been true
So enjoy every sandwich
and the sky’s shades of blue
Given so much
it’s the least we can do
Posted in A Beautiful Day, All I Have is a Photograph, Gratitude, Joy, Kalamazoo, Life, NaPoWriMo, Poems, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Water color
Tagged NaPoWriMo, Poem, Random, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Time is running out, Today
April landed with bluster
So cold you could freeze
Now at last there is sunshine
There are buds on the trees
Birds, bees and flowers
Breathe sighs of relief
As do I
Posted in Joy, NAPOMO 2024, NaPoWriMo, Photograph
Losing track of something
Wondering what it is
Clinking, clanking thinking
has not got much to give
But I will be done with this
that’s one thing that I’ve found
Whatever is not…or is
will not be here for long
Joy will insert itself
into the most trying day
So I will proceed as if
it all will be okay
Posted in Gratitude, Joy, Life, Photograph, Photos, Poems, Poetry of sorts, RETIREMENT RIFFS, THE AGING ADVANTAGE
According to the Body Mass Index chart, I am on the edge of normal. Well doesn’t that just say it all.
So close and yet…..still not quite there.
If I lose just one more pound, just one, I will ease right off the overweight box and right into normal. Ahhh.
I bet if there’s a chart for emotional well-being, I might be on the edge of normal on that one, too. Something good keeps me on this side of that dark line.
Bottom line:
Life,
on the high side of normal
suits me just fine
as I work to be stronger
in body and mind
Some time in August
I should reach my prime
And bee-bop-a-lou
is the end of the rhyme
Posted in Joy, Life, Photograph, Photos, Poetry of sorts, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Riffs of Retirement
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” -Albert Einstein
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Posted in A quote, Gratitude, Joy, Photos, Picture This, RETIREMENT RIFFS
Tagged ...and I quote..., Gratitude, Photos
Perhaps it would be okay to have a false sense of well-being
Whenever a true one is not available
Seems like that might work out okay
It would be almost like optimism, I’d say
Which is supposed to be good for the health
and for the general happiness of a being
Joy in the midst of days that mystify
Worth a try
Sometimes I wonder why
I think far enough ahead to scare myself
rather than just far enough ahead
to feel fine
Sometimes I wonder if
I can revise this unhelpful
plan of attack
and find a way back
to the moment I am in
and just relax into that
Posted in Depression or Anxiety or What?, Joy, Photograph, Poems, Poetry of sorts, Ruminating
The night before Thanksgiving
The wind was pushing the house
I was at the stove stirring
And my friends had gone south.
For the dinner tomorrow
I began to prepare
I am missing the sunshine
There’s some food in my hair
But my spirits are joyful
and my mind is at peace
The wind chimes are chiming
Will this wind never cease!
To end this composition
it would only seem right
to say Happy Thanksgiving
and to all a good night!
In spite of the challenges and troubles life can bring
(and sometimes because of those)
My life is good
And I know it…
but….
Sometimes I know it
and some days I actually feel it
Today I know it AND I feel it
Not as something intangible,
but as something distinct and formed
and settled…
for now,
That joy has gotten through
whatever it is it needed to get through
to get to me
It’s nice.
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