What gets left behind
with our unmade minds
forever rushing?
What do we leave behind
if we did not take the
the time to notice?
What is no longer mine
because neither you nor I
could take our time?
12/02/2024 j.g.l.
look around
Be thankful
for what you have, for
what you have to let go of,
and for those who are still
with you. Gratitude comes
in many forms. Look around.
Be thankful.
j.g.l.
cloud songs
It is only silence and only
for now, a minute or three
but who is counting?
Enough, for now.
Slight Repose, a little grace,
enough until you have
found your place. Might be
morning, or the end of the day,
yet it is time to yourself anyway.
For now.
11/29/2024 j.g.l.
I'm like a pencil;
sometimes sharp,
most days
well-rounded,
other times
dull or
occasionally
broken.
Still I write.
j.g. lewis
is a writer/photographer in Toronto.
Mondays are just young Fridays
Posted on May 24, 2021 by j.g.lewis
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With summer now breaking (finally), our thoughts are given the space to roam.
The May long weekend often feels like our first taste of the seasons, and summer is, as it has always been, about adventure.
Family camping trips, weekends at the cabin, long-distance road travel to faraway places; the memories and examples fill my mind, and summer allows them.
It is easier to dream, to believe, in summer.
I look forward to further adventures.
We are now in lockdown (still), but that shouldn’t stop me from climbing on my bike, or setting off in a new direction on my morning walk.
What’s holding you back from taking an adventure?
Do you need a destination? Or is the attempt to find something enough to fulfill this inner need?
We all need an adventure. It’s probably easier than we think.
Don’t plan; just go.
Pack a lunch. If you eat your sandwich under a tree along the way (perhaps in that park you have passed by before), it becomes a picnic. Give yourself time. Take a book, or your camera or sketchbook. Record the event.
Couldn’t we all use more picnics?
Summer is about possibility.
Life isn’t always a picnic, but perhaps an excuse to have one.
05/24/2021 j.g.l.
