Our December newsletter is always an abbreviated one and comes out on December 24.
Poetical Journal © by Bob Casey
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Mission: To provide poetical and thoughtful comments on life
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Demographics: No states or countries were added this month. If your resident area is not listed, please let me know.
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VOLUME XXIV – Issue 11: Tuesday, December 24, 2024 (280th Issue)
Welcome
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Opening Comments from Bob
This Issue: The December Issue is always an abbreviated one and comes out yearly on the 24th. There are two poems, Time For and Golden Balls. Also, I am republishing a guest vignette from G.L. Rush. It originally appeared in the December 2020 Issue. Its theme is very relevant for today.
Subscriber Residences: PLEASE let me know if your state, providence, or country is not listed in the demographic section at the end. There currently are subscribers in 27 states, 3 provinces, and 13 countries. See complete list near at the newsletter.
Next Month: Barring the unforeseen, the next issue comes out on January 26, 2024.
My Facebook account is again open.
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One Poem this Month:
A perfect poem for the Holidays for we all need a place to rest. Look closely, note the bird resting on the cross in the header picture. However, your faith may not be your place to go to. Whatever you choose, in this hectic world be sure you have someplace you can go to for times of rest.
The ornaments mentioned in the poem were a gift from my sister G.L., the author of the vignette below.
Guest Vignette this Month
Alrights
I am pleased to have Playwright G.L. Rush return this month with a thoughtful vignette. (This vignette was originally published in the 2020 December Issue)
At this stage in my life, it’s not the parties and good times that makes me smile but the smiling faces of my grandchildren. I love being a grandmother and often talk about my wonderful, smart, grandchildren whenever I get the chance...Maybe more often than people care to hear. But as great as being a grandmother is, there were so many years that led up to this time in my life. I was first a daughter, then a wife who became a mother and then a grandmother. The combination of all those years has made me what I am today.
Often thinking back on them, I find myself wondering about the things I could have done differently instead of what I actually did right. It’s that annoying part of your mind that likes to stir things up, making you feel you didn’t quite get it right! We don’t have our lives on a giant chalkboard where you can take an eraser and rub out the should nots, so we will never be that perfect person.....And that’s ok! The good things along with the should nots have shaped me into who I am today.
So in 2021, I’m going to try to be a little easier on myself. I won’t dwell on the things I didn’t get right, though of course I’ll try not to repeat them, and I’ll silently give myself an “Alright!” for those things I do right that makes my life and the people’s lives around me a whole lot better. (Ed.: Still holds true for 2025.)
This might be something others might also want to practice. You may be surprised by all the "Alrights" you get.
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Recommendations
Stay safe and healthy!
.........Please take a look at the gift page.
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Quotable Quotes
"But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked." - Jesus (Luke 6:35)
"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." - Jesus (Mathew 5:5)
"The mind will take the color you dye it with. It is like white clothes just returned from the laundry." - Ramakrishna
"We are so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take time to enjoy where we are." - Bill Watterson
"Wisdom comes from nothingness." - Job 28:12
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Tai Chi Corner
Pic doing Yang 24 form in a park in Honolulu. Beach is in the
background. Click here to locate the name of a tai chi instructor
near you, or contact me directly.
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Until next time - joy and peace,
Bob
Bob Casey
Poetical Journeys
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