The atmosphere depression has lifted The inland sea is somewhat calm I am surrounded by trees and dunes The sun filters its golden light through the leaves Dune grass waves in the breeze My thoughts reach up to the Creator The beauty I see is His manifestation He has given us everything we need Because of our free will we can accept Or on the other hand walk away I do not believe in walking away He has empowered me to act I act in positive ways on the fringes That is where He said His work should be done Everyone cannot congregate there It would be chaos, so some must step back Their help, my help will come in other ways We will fund the front liners Who persevere so admirably While depending on our help in the background The warmth of the sun is rejuvenating It fills me with the certainty of His existence I listen to the songs of nature They come from birds, waves and the wind They soothe me and inspire me I am ready to meditate to the sounds Other time ready to march to the upbeat sounds There are no good reasons to be down I have been blessed with the gifts of opportunity I know what to do and pray for success There is turmoil in the world today We are all aware of the obvious We do not hear much of the locust invasion On the eastern countries in Africa and now In some parts of India; the strife caused By dictators in some African countries Babies dying of starvation by the dozens each day The horrible conditions in some of the Caribbean Islands But they exist and so does our duty to help After all He did say, “Follow Me” Stanski June 12, 2020 ^