Month: August 2020

We all have opinions as well as favorites

Much of this stems from the history of family

We are indoctrinated by our relatives and

Tend to follow the program

Now and then a maverick shows a new plausible way

It may make sense and where you were once a Ford fan

You now go for the Chevy or Dodge

New sets of friends are persuasive

Change is gradual but a new paradigm takes place

There is in actuality no logic to the persuasion of values

What was up is now down, but only for a while

Families break up in dispute; hostilities lead to obscenities

No discussion, without respect, can take place and then

There is no changing of minds and people do not think for themselves

They are like sheep over the cliff falling into oblivion

It is a wonder to me how people that I respect

And consider fairly intelligent can put out signs

Indicating their desire for socialism or Marxism

Which has never worked in the history of mankind

As we know it and only leads to the

Murder of millions of people who protest human abuse

These people, apparently do not involve themselves

In critical thinking and still consider elections as my side versus yours

Similar to a football game only the stakes are beyond comparison

Freedom versus equal misery

I know misery and see it in Cuba, Venezuela, Nigeria, Haiti, and

The Gaza Strip, China and wherever human rights are denied

It is sad and so obvious that it should not even be a conversation

We need love, understanding and tolerance and a desire to unite

As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said:  There is enough blame and guilt

To go around

Stanski

August 4, 2020 ^

The day begins and we become aware of life once again
Then upon reflecting we wish to become
 a better version of who we are this day,
 this week and forever more
 
It is so easy to improve if conditions are right,
but in our present world we are astonished by all of
the back and forth we hear from the media and the
changing of rules almost on a daily basis
 
The insurrections witnessed in cities where Marxist groups
such as Antifa and Black Lives Matter
twist the truth and lead otherwise peaceful people to
become criminals in their destruction of businesses
 
They are encouraged and given the tools to loot,
cause physical damage and setting fires to places of business
as well as injuring, even killing, those who have had
the responsibility to keep peace and arrest the violators
 
It is an unbelievable time, but still we must improve
No one has it all and even the richest among us
have shortcomings and shortsightedness in their hopes of
breaking down society and controlling it as would a dictator
 
We must seek the truth of which there is only one true version
It is however, twisted, slanted, and even mangled to fit
the philosophy of those trying to break this country from within
while immigrants wait patiently to legally enter the land of the free
 
We are bombarded with terror on the streets while trying to fight off
the Chinese virus and are being curtailed by those in charge with
their fiats forbidding attendance in places of worship,
in supporting small businesses or receiving critical medical care
 
Teacher unions refuse to let teachers back to public schools
where they would be safe and the best interests of the students would be met. 
Schools of choice are also forbidden to open because
they are denied the funding necessary to carry on
 
These are the ways of socialists who have been indoctrinated over the years. 
They accuse their opposition of being everything that they are themselves,
while we are thinking of self-improvement and justice for all while being
depressed by the endless violence and murders taking place country wide
 
We can walk in our own shoes and have empathy for those walking in their own
We can visualize and feel their pain as we have all endured it in different degrees
Everyone is given power to handle their situations and create their own peace
We do it in different ways as we are not equal in all ways
 
Goodness towards others even when we disagree.  Respect is a necessary tool
Gratitude for what we have, however meager that may be is a valuable positive
Desire to help others even when we struggle to make it through the day ourselves
These opportunities are universal and are either accepted or not acted upon
 
Enriching ourselves in this spiritual way of giving of ourselves creates our better version
We must know that everyone will not be the same for various reasons
Our attempts to improve condition must be ongoing
This type of love is necessary and our only means of fulfillment
 
No one is infallible and everyone has character flaws, even our leaders and heroes
Perfection is something we strive for but seldom achieve
The idea is to keep going on the journey you have been given
Climb the mountain knowing that there is another one waiting
 
Stanski
August 3, 2020 ^

We have all waded through
The tragedy of loss
 
The death of someone loved
Has a way of diminishing us
 
It is difficult to bear but there
Can be no relief in hope
 
We encounter individuals in life
And attach closely in many cases
 
The persons become part of us
And we feel part of them
 
When they leave through death
They take part of us with them
 
We find ourselves in a flux and
Wonder how we can go on
 
Many times we can’t for a while
Because we are tied down in grief
 
Regrets at missed opportunities
Begin to creep into our psyche
 
Our inner spirit begins to weaken
Steps are more difficult to take
 
We abandon what were shared dreams
Revert to self-imposed isolation
 
When we eventually come to our surface
Nature’s invitations stagger us once more
 
Birds singing or the lapping of water on
The shore reminds us again of our loss
 
We can walk slowly through woods or meadows
Wade in moving water until tired and broken
 
Nothing we do will return us to what once was
The sun rising reminds us of new days
 
Night stars and the moon light reflect the
Beauty of what our life was given
 
We slowly come to new realizations
New graces will see us through
 
We will be blessed with an empirical
Desire to improve and have fresh dreams
 
What was unbearable seems tolerable
We were gifted and now give thanks
 
Thankful for the inner-spirit of things
Aware of life’s enduring connections
 
We will not give up on life and will
Seek new ways of connecting with reality
 
Coldness leaves our body as we wade
To the shore to begin a new journey
 
We realize and are thankful that
There will always be a spiritual connection
 
We are aware when we hear the bell’s toll
That we will do better as we go on
 
Stanski
August 2, 2020
 
 
 

She is artistic, full of bluster, but a lady has to be.

Clever with a capitol C and also a clown is she.

Delightful, never dull and alas not dimwitted.

She is energetic to a fault, funny but not frivolous,

grateful, gregarious and out-reaching too. 

Helpful and helpless with a heart of purest gold,

She is independent but dependable and not judgmental

Just a junk shop girl who’s klutzy but gutsy

Lives life, listens and lectures real well.

A mother, marvelous, musical and

modern with a scavenger’s glow

Nobody’s fool, a negotiator, nuanced and nice

An orator, non-stop, playful, prayerful, powerful,

pleasant and a grand person, too

Quirky, quiet, quaint and lovely

Resourceful, ritual, restful and responsive is she

Sassy, but nice, sincere and saintly

Tolerant, tribute giver, trusting and true

Underrated, uniform, unlimited,

Vivacious, warm, worthy and wonderful and

X-knows how to sign her name

She’s youthful, yearning and yard master,

The zig to my zag, the ying to my yang

A zen-master and full of zest

Stanski

August 1, 2020 ^