For having such incredibly high standardsYet being the One that carries me over.For showing me where I need to growBut never belittling me.For walking on waterSo I can keep my feet dry.For kissing my faceWhen all it deserved was spit.For denying yourselfSo I could be found.For holding me dearYet never coddling my foolishness.Thank you for […]
Read more "Thank you"Are often the most important ones.Because clearly you aren’t showing upFor perksOr popularityBut simply becauseThe work matters.This world would be far harder to exist inIf people like you weren’t doing thingsThat we don’t give enough credit for.You are not a fool for holding the fort,You are a pillar to hold the rest of us upA […]
Read more "Thankless jobs"How else do you fight the thoughtsOf your life being ‘not enough’?When your mind fixatesOn the things you do not haveAnd magnifies your sense of inadequacyIt turns you in on yourselfSpurring you to spend your daysPlaying catch-up to no end.Counting your blessingsOne by oneIsn’t cheeseyIt isn’t an exercise in vanityOr a hack for momentary happiness.No.Counting […]
Read more "On counting your blessings"Our bank accountsOur healthThe houses we live inThe people we loveThe institutions we trustThe careers we pine forThe politics we’d die forThe breath in our lungs.All goods in the end are perishable.Not much lasts forever.So perhaps its to best to liveWith an open-handednessThat doesn’t grasp too tightlyOn things that, by nature,Are always slipping away.
Read more "Perishable goods"Bruises easily, Hurts a lot, Crumples under pressure And is easily overlooked- The supportive spouse Who sacrifices for their partner, The praying mother Who spends her years on her knees For her son, The minimum wage worker who wakes up extra early To give her all for a job She really should be paid for. […]
Read more "Soft Tissue"Thank you Father That I do not need to live in comparison To others. What they drive How much they make How they look. What they get to do all day. Help me, Father to rather live in gratitude. For the millions of gifts you give That I can never repay. You have brought me […]
Read more "Thank you"What have you overlooked lately? Who’s love have you taken for granted? What experiences in your past Have you chosen to despise That actually led you to where you are now? Who’s praise did you brush off too quickly? All too easily we find ourselves Retelling stories of how we’ve been shortchanged; Making much of […]
Read more "Overlook"In a single moment The threshold of a new year is crossed. The date will change in an instant But most other things don’t change nearly as fast. Regret, for example, tends to linger. It is a deceitful emotion, It somehow feels like a ‘responsible’ perspective On things that didn’t quite happen as we hoped. […]
Read more "Gratitude vs. Regret"Is stingy. A refusal to share your joy With those who would receive it. To act as though delightful things Are not so. To not bear good news. It isn’t a more noble alternative to pride, Nor a useful way Of accepting feedback. In a year that has exceeded its fair share Of hard luck […]
Read more "False humility"One quiet whisper of bad newsRings several decibels louderThan a hundred stories of hope.It is far, far easier to dwell on what we lackThan cherish what we have,To stay up at night, recalling offensesThan taking a moment to say ‘I love you’.Disappointment will never be in short supplyYet there is also vast beauty we overlook […]
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