The Poetry of Life

Alas for those that Never Sing

"Alas for those that never sing,

But die with all their music in them."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Voiceless

Time Enough

"The butterfly counts not months but moments,

and has time enough."

Rabindranath Tagore

Don't Stop Kissing

"though love be a day

and life be nothing,

it shall not stop kissing."

e.e. cummings

Your One Wild and Precious Life

"...Tell me, what is it you plan to do

with your one wild and precious life?"

Mary Oliver

The Seed at the Bottom of Your Heart

"Find the seed
at the bottom of your heart
and bring forth a flower.

Shigenori Kameoka

The Side Roads of Life

"The more side roads you stop to explore,

the less likely that life will pass you by."

Robert Brault

I Held a Moment in my Hand

"I held a moment in my hand,
brilliant as a star,
fragile as a flower,
a tiny sliver of one hour.
I dropped it carelessly, 
Ah!
I didn't know,
I held opportunity."

Hazel Lee

Carpe Diem~Come to Life Daily

"We die daily.
Happy those
who daily come to life as well."

George MacDonald

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Lightarted Living: Inhale Hope~Exhale Love: The Magical Alchemy of Li...

Lightarted Living: Inhale Hope~Exhale Love: The Magical Alchemy of Li...: ���� THE MAGICAL ALCHEMY OF LIFE Alchemy is a seemingly magical transformation  in which ordinary matter is used to create ...

Inhale Hope~Exhale Love: The Magical Alchemy of Life

💜💜

THE MAGICAL ALCHEMY OF LIFE

Alchemy is a seemingly magical transformation 

in which ordinary matter is used to create gold.

From Ordinary to Extraordinary

The alchemy of life can best be understood as 

the process of taking something ordinary 

and turning it into something extraordinary.

Your Most Extraordinary Alchemist Tool

Inhaling and exhaling

--ordinary aspects of life--

can be your most extraordinary alchemist tools 

to transform your inner life daily. 

Use Breathing to Transform

Allow your ordinary breaths to

become transformative and extraordinary. 

Practice conscious breathing to create magical moments

of peace and tranquility in a meditative way. 

💜💜

Slowly, consciously, and deliberately 

inhale hope and exhale love.

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All of Life is Magic

Magic, Magic,

All of Life is Magic.

How can Life be tragic 

When there's 

Magic in the Air?

💜💜

Carnival Musical

INHALE HOPE 💜 EXHALE LOVE

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

Breath deeply 

WHISPER SWEET NOTHINGS

Let love swirl all around you and fill you with hope.

BREATH IN HOPE 💜 HOLD LOVE

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Lightarted Living: The Cat's Allowing~All Things Come to He that Wait...

Lightarted Living: The Cat's Allowing~All Things Come to He that Wait...: The Peanut Gallery PEANUT The Social Butterfly The Big LOVE Sitting on his Throne Inviting his subjects to gather round. ...

The Cat's Allowing~All Things Come to He that Waits

The Peanut Gallery

PEANUT

The Social Butterfly

The Big LOVE

Sitting on his Throne

Inviting his subjects to gather round.

Samantha Johnson's cat, Peanut, 

shows us how the law of attraction works--

"all things come to he who waits"

"In ancient times,

cats were worshiped as Gods;

They have not forgotten this."

Terry Pratchett

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Lightarted Living: A Bit of Silliness~Richard Brautigan and Me

Lightarted Living: A Bit of Silliness~Richard Brautigan and Me: Salad Haiku "A piece of lettuce fell out of the salad bowl: so what?" Richard Brautigan  (as remembered by me...

A Bit of Silliness~Richard Brautigan and Me

Salad Haiku

"A piece of lettuce

fell

out of the salad bowl:

so what?"

Richard Brautigan 

(as remembered by me)

Brain Salad

Okay, okay...so the poem is not just right,

 but I think Brautigan would forgive me. 

It's been 50 years 

since I read and laughed out loud 

at the silliness of his poem. 

Waiting to Fall out with a Smile

I've had this Haiku 

tucked inside my brain for 50 years

waiting to fall out

and make me smile.

Memory Salad Shaken Loose

When I studied the photo of 

a piece of lettuce stuck to the side 

of the salad spinner 

sent by Lee

it shook loose the memory--

a bit wonky but still smile worthy.

Haiku Ambulance

(the real Haiku)

"A piece of green pepper

fell

off the wooden salad bowl:

so what?"

Richard Brautigan

A Piece of Memory Fell

"A piece of memory

fell

out of my brain

it was not quite right:

so what?"

Susan J Meyerott

with apologies to Richard Brautigan

and no apologies to you!

Wishing you a bit of silliness

to fall out of your own memory

to brighten your day!

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Lightarted Living: Cat Wisdom: What is Life?

Lightarted Living: Cat Wisdom: What is Life?: "A Simple definition of Life~ The chance you've been waiting for." Robert Brault "Way down deep ...

Cat Wisdom: What is Life?

"A Simple definition of Life~

The chance you've been waiting for."

Robert Brault

"Way down deep we are all motivated by the same urges.

Cats have the courage to live by them."

Jim Davis, Garfield Cartoonist

"I have lived with several Zen Masters--

All of them cats."

Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now

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Lightarted Living: A Dog Wags it's Tail with it's Heart

Lightarted Living: A Dog Wags it's Tail with it's Heart: "A Dog wags it's tail with its heart." Martin Buxbaum "Dogs aren't our whole life but they make our li...

A Dog Wags it's Tail with it's Heart

"A Dog wags it's tail with its heart."

Martin Buxbaum

"Dogs aren't our whole life but they make our lives whole."

Roger Caras

"The great pleasure of a dog is 

you may make a fool of yourself with her

and not only will she not scold you...

she will make a fool of herself too."

Samuel Butler

Good Dog, Tessa aka Tessie Bessie aka Tesla!

Thank you to Simone Patterson's,Tessie, for being such a good subject for this profile of a dog. 

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Lightarted Living: Silence and Rejuvenation

Lightarted Living: Silence and Rejuvenation: You can hear the footsteps of God when silence reigns in the mind. Sri Sathya Sai Baba God's poet is Silence. Joaqu...

Silence and Rejuvenation

You can hear the footsteps of God

when silence reigns in the mind.

Sri Sathya Sai Baba

God's poet is Silence.

Joaquin Miller

Silence is more musical than any song.

Christina Rossetti

Our greatest gift is the thunder of silence.

Joel Goldsmith

Thirsty Boots

"You've long been on the open road,

You've been sleeping in the rain.

So only stop and rest yourself and you'll be off again."

"So take off your thirsty boots and stay for awhile.

Your feet are hot and weary from a dusty mile.

And maybe I can make you laugh

And maybe I can try

Lookin' for the evenin' 

And the mornin' in your eyes."

Eric Anderson

Thanks to Kiki Johnson Simpson for the photo

of 'first dragonfly on the pond'. 

This photo was the inspiration 

for the post and images.

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Lightarted Living: Getting Past Failure and Obstacles

Lightarted Living: Getting Past Failure and Obstacles: "Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt ��Marvelous Error!�� I had a beehive inside my heart And the golden bees  ...

Getting Past Failure and Obstacles

"Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt

💓Marvelous Error!💓

I had a beehive inside my heart

And the golden bees 

Were making white combs 

And sweet honey from my old failures."

Antonio Machado

Learn to make sweet honey from your old failures. 

"For a long time it had seemed to me life was about to begin — real life. 

But there was always some obstacle in the way--

Something to be got through first, 

some unfinished business, 

time still to be served, 

a debt to be paid.

Then life would begin. 

At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life."

Fr. Alfred D'Souza

Obstacles are your life

Trust your ability to move around obstacles-- 

by always flowing with life's natural currents.

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Lightarted Living: Hope is Like the Sun~Samuel Smiles

Lightarted Living: Hope is Like the Sun~Samuel Smiles: HOPE Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey towards it, casts the shadow of our burdens behind us. Samuel Smiles ...