Addressing the Art of Positive Thinking
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We have lived with the pandemic for more than a year now and everyone is feeling very fed-up if not depressed. Yes, the vaccines bring hope to us all, but these are still dark times.
Recalling happy memories can be inspirational s well as sad, more than reason enough to look forward to being happy again; never in quite the same way, of course, but happiness comes in many shapes and forms, and better to be happy than sad, yeah?
ADDRESSING THE ART OF POSITIVE THINKING
It’s
down to us
to
give the sad, weepy eye
reasons
to smile again,
replace
sadness with gladness,
bring
such relief to any moody gloom
as
lights up any room
It’s
down to us
to
open up paths of memory
once
skipped for the joy
of
holding hands with loved ones
or
off for a lively chat with old friends
where
the rainbow ends
It’s
down to us
to
smooth furrows in the brow
and
give worries the elbow
long
enough to allow self-esteem
to
take pride of place in such company
as
inspires all humanity
Unable
to find us?
Oh,
but we are always on hand
to
lighten loads,
brighten
groundhog days, singing
in
the rain, splashing in puddles as we go.
give Hell the old heave-ho
We
are memories
of
the happy kind, as sure to put
any
worse to rout
as
the rabbit outwitting a wily fox
for
refusing to let fear have its wicked way,
resolving
to live another day
Just
one more day,
and
who can ever take the measure
of
its weather?
Kinder
winds, as likely as not
to gift our past with a present even a future,
nature
and human nature
Copyright
R.N. Taber, 2021
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