Gradient change.
All we have been offered
unto this day will be altered
in meaning and ways
unthought of until now.
Variables: life’s way
of maintaining interest in
any subject or circumstance.
This is the nature of change.
Miracles beyond
immediate comprehension,
what remains are patterns of
perspective guiding us toward
coming days.
Already analogous, yet
not at all. My soul always finds
great comfort in the fall.
09/23/2024 j.g.l.
“I notice that Autumn is more the
season of the soul than of nature.”
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Autumn: is there more
to think about, or more time
to think about it?
We spend hours and days
considering change,
bewildering change, less based
in time than on feelings.
Neither bleak as winter, nor
sultry like summer, certainly
not as messy as the spring
announcing its arrival mostly
with daily rain washing away
any evidence of
where we have been.
Autumn keeps us waiting;
it keeps us guessing.
It might not feel right
until it does. Unpredictable,
more a sensation than a day,
date, or wait, Autumn will
say hello only when
it feels like it.
09/22/2024 j.g.l.
Today, September 21, is
International Day of Peace.
Think about it; not so much
the actual date, but think
about peace.
World Peace.
Inner Peace.
Peace amongst people.
People amidst peace.
International Day of Peace
was established in 1981 by
the United Nations.
This day is important, but
shouldn’t everyday be about
peace?
Is it possible?
Think about it.
peace
“If everyone demanded peace
instead of another television set,
then there would be peace.”
-John Lennon
© 2021 j.g. lewis
It has been such a busy week.
You still have so much to do. The tasks you meant to do Tuesday remain incomplete.
It’s Friday.
You didn’t even get around to what you meant to accomplish yesterday, and it weighs heavily on your psyche. Today’s deadlines and expectations will surely take a toll.
It is more than unbearable pressure. All those appointments only led to disappointment. Your desk is a mess and the back-to-back demands of the day only complicate matters. All those unarticulated strategies and unnecessary activities result only in overwhelming anxieties.
You feel the work week. Your resolve is even weaker in this struggle to maintain some sort of work/life imbalance.
Stop. Breathe.
Just for a moment, right now, stop everything you are doing. Put it all aside for a minute or two and think about what is important to you.
Then, remind yourself not to let everything else get in its way.
It is that important.
09/20/2024 j.g.l.
what if I told you
it is not what it seems
supposing I said
it is not all you believe
important information
difficult to tell.
what if you told me
you think for yourself
09/19/2024 j.g.l.