Day: November 16, 2021

I made my prediction
A long beautiful fall
Today brings doubt
Raking leaves in a snowfall
Washing outside windows
While the rain came down
The sky and the lake
Are the same color of gray
Difficult to see the horizon
It is better than shoveling 
While the leaves are still
Colorfully hanging on the trees
The cold and damp chill the bones
Being on the ladder is shaky 
Now the work is over and 
I take time to warm up
This is the way of life
What we thought we had
Under control, rears its head
What seemed normal turns awkward  
But sometimes that is not all bad
We take many th00ings for granted
Failing to consid0er others difficulties
We act as if the whole world 
Was at peace and functioning
Properly then trip over a person
Making the sidewalk his home
A long beautiful fall
Gives us time to act on 
The problems before us0
This is not always easy
People get in each other’s way
We have to work together
The work is not easy and
Often it is frustrating, but
We must not stop, otherwise
Life will have little true meaning
We have to give to others 
This is a gift similar to the sky
Opening up and letting the sun 
Give us a comforting soft pink on
The unpredictable steel gray clouds

Stanski
November 16, 2021 ^

A MEDITATION

A beautiful crisp, sunny fall day
We are happy, even knowing
The weather situation will change
And so must we as we drift away
From the responsibility we took on
That of caring and tending to those
In need of our help and encouragement
Here we are happy, forgetting that
Many are suffering on a daily basis
We are wishing for a mild winter and
An early spring as well as other
Convenient situations and things 
To come our way.  But now we
Are aware again and will begin
Looking for ways to serve others;
To carry the cross for good purpose

Stanski
November 16, 2021