Category Laughter

At Last

At Last ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Come, admit we’ve made our world absurd. We but scurrying ants guarding our anthills, playing make-believe,  kings of our castles, not worthy to be jesters, only play the fools. I’ll happily tell you that I’ve got your nose, nose […]

Happy Trails to You

Happy Trails to You ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ I look around and wonder what each of us sees. Where I sit, it’s cliché, the forest from the trees. I, like, listen to, like, voices impressed by, like; never mind, think I will go out for […]

Conundrum

Conundrum ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ The future does not exist, and yet, it becomes the past, which any of us can examine, but never, ever again live in. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a […]

Early AM Musings

Early AM Musings ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ We must learn to recognize the walls of the world we were born into; see the story we have been told and the one we would choose. The story we have been told comes from family, friends and […]

Climate Change

Climate Change ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ While Earth provides well for us it also needs our nurture in return. A parent we abused, makes a fuss. Punishes us, but we won’t learn. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment […]

Never Noticing

Never Noticing ~~~~~   Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ When night descends in silence.                                                                        Sergei Rachmaninoff Do we fear the coming night? Do we think our cleverness will best the sun and stars, our perception of time?                                                                […]

Never Noticing

Never Noticing ~~~~~   Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ When night descends in silence.                                                                        Sergei Rachmaninoff Do we fear the coming night? Do we think our cleverness will best the sun and stars, our perception of time?                                                                […]

Power to You, People

Power to You, People ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Power to You, People I offer you this simple verse, all my Pen’s Might followers, from my heart, didn’t rehearse. Six years tomorrow, today in Word Press terms, it appears, I gained 200 followers, a win, on […]

Ask, Listen, Care, Touch

Ask, Listen, Care, Touch ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Listen to the man who loves history. Ask him why he studies the our past. Listen to women caring for children, wonder how long this world will last. I try to find answers in thick tomes, fact […]

Do We Dare?

Do We Dare? ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength,  Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Mistakes which only I can make. Wonder just what does that mean? These were words I heard recently, neither do I recall, nor know where. Our world, opposites, give and take, reminds of all the balance I’ve seen. […]