Best wishes to you and Mr. AOW for the New Year and to your readers as well. I will be thinking of you as you transition to your new destination. Thanks for all you do..
THOUGH NOT A CLICHE THIS IS RELEVANT, BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH THE EFFECTS THE PASSAGE OF TIME HAS ON HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS AND PERCEPTION
__________ STARS __________
Sometimes we know when they arrive. We watch them grow; we see them thrive The blossoms they produce give joy. Sometimes their private lives annoy. We watch them mellow then mature. For passing Time there is no cure. We hate to see them start to fade, Begin to dim, move towards the Shade. As we grow old, we can look back, Review their lives as ours grow slack. We lose our grip, as they lose theirs, Yet of us they’re caught unawares. It doesn’t matter that the Affection Moves from us in one direction. What they have given us will last After their own brief lives have passed. For they gave meaning to our lives Through losing husbands, changing wives, Raising children, our careers Without them might conclude in tears. But at their best the Empathy They evoked helped us to see The Laughter they put on Display Gave us Perspective, showed a way To see less egotistically To think far less derisively To act with more Compassion Our point of view refashion To lighten Burdens, keep on smiling, Know Good Humor is beguiling. The worst things have a funny side Knowing that, the sunny side Of life is reached more easily When we behave less sleazily, Shun the lazy, cheap and foolish, Wasteful, hateful, weird, and ghoulish. We owe these Special People much They’ve taught, enriched, filled Gaps. They touch Our Hearts long after they have passed. What they gsve us we know will last. Performance Art transcends the faults Performers lives have as they waltz Above to Music of the Spheres Where Uplift cheers, and then endears. And so though Stars, like us, may fade Flicker, dim, move toward the Shade Their Light will last with Certitude If we love Them with Gratitude.
HAPPY NEW YEAR to YOU and MR AOW, old buddy....love you and wish you such a marvelous year...YOU DESERVE IT. And to ALL your readers...God bless you all!
Ducky, even you...if you're reading, I do hope you're recovering very well.
I accidentally found the video can be played here: https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1210636550473764864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1210636550473764864&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Falwaysonwatch3.blogspot.com%2F2019%2F12%2Fhappy-new-year.html
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Best wishes to you and Mr. AOW for the New Year and to your readers as well. I will be thinking of you as you transition to your new destination. Thanks for all you do..
ReplyDeleteBunkerville,
DeleteAll this cleaning out is a huge task. **sigh**
Funny Vid. Yes, at least have a Healthy 2020. If you have that the rest is a breeze eh?
ReplyDeleteKid,
DeleteYes, good health is everything!
All the best for 2020!
ReplyDeleteI wish you comfort, ease and freedom from disease
And high hopes that what all you meet and do will please!
THOUGH NOT A CLICHE THIS IS RELEVANT, BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH THE EFFECTS THE PASSAGE OF TIME HAS ON HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS AND PERCEPTION
ReplyDelete__________ STARS __________
Sometimes we know when they arrive.
We watch them grow; we see them thrive
The blossoms they produce give joy.
Sometimes their private lives annoy.
We watch them mellow then mature.
For passing Time there is no cure.
We hate to see them start to fade,
Begin to dim, move towards the Shade.
As we grow old, we can look back,
Review their lives as ours grow slack.
We lose our grip, as they lose theirs,
Yet of us they’re caught unawares.
It doesn’t matter that the Affection
Moves from us in one direction.
What they have given us will last
After their own brief lives have passed.
For they gave meaning to our lives
Through losing husbands, changing wives,
Raising children, our careers
Without them might conclude in tears.
But at their best the Empathy
They evoked helped us to see
The Laughter they put on Display
Gave us Perspective, showed a way
To see less egotistically
To think far less derisively
To act with more Compassion
Our point of view refashion
To lighten Burdens, keep on smiling,
Know Good Humor is beguiling.
The worst things have a funny side
Knowing that, the sunny side
Of life is reached more easily
When we behave less sleazily,
Shun the lazy, cheap and foolish,
Wasteful, hateful, weird, and ghoulish.
We owe these Special People much
They’ve taught, enriched, filled Gaps. They touch
Our Hearts long after they have passed.
What they gsve us we know will last.
Performance Art transcends the faults
Performers lives have as they waltz
Above to Music of the Spheres
Where Uplift cheers, and then endears.
And so though Stars, like us, may fade
Flicker, dim, move toward the Shade
Their Light will last with Certitude
If we love Them with Gratitude.
~ FreeThinke
H_A_P_P_Y ... N_E_W_ ... Y_E_A_R_!
Franco,
DeleteThank you for that poem!
The vid can't be played for me, but...
ReplyDeleteHAPPY NEW YEAR to YOU and MR AOW, old buddy....love you and wish you such a marvelous year...YOU DESERVE IT.
And to ALL your readers...God bless you all!
Ducky, even you...if you're reading, I do hope you're recovering very well.
Z,
DeleteThe video plays for me. Strange glitch of some sort preventing your seeing the video.
Ah, but she went back for another.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
Odie,
DeleteAh, but she went back for another.
She sure did!
Blessings to you and Mr. AOW in the upcoming and challenging Year of the Move.
ReplyDeleteBaysider,
DeleteIt certainly is one big challenge!
I accidentally found the video can be played here: https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1210636550473764864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1210636550473764864&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Falwaysonwatch3.blogspot.com%2F2019%2F12%2Fhappy-new-year.html
ReplyDeleteCute baby!
ReplyDelete