" Rear View Mirror " by Susan Pearl

Keeping things in our rear view mirror-
Having them behind us-
   has nothing to do with being in a car,
It has nothing to do with speed or passing lanes,
It has everything thing to do with us "Moving On"-
It is by, with and through wisdom that we "move on".

Putting things in our rear view mirror,
Not having these things in front of us blocking a new view-
Takes strength to apply the knowledge we know to be true,
And that strength comes by, with and through -----
   "Wisdom".

" We've Got To " by Susan Pearl

My blog is in remembrance of lives lost in the Florida school shooting of last week.

So much meanness- so much ugliness,
So many beautiful lives so short-
How long will this go on?

I believe--- no "one" has the answer but "together " we do-
we've got to.

With heartfelt sympathy and condolence,
Susan Pearl

"Parallel Line" by Susan Pearl

Love is the greatest of all emotions-
Love is the connecting line.  
Love connects your heart with mine.
  

With high mountains in between-
Keeping each other's views from being seen,
We can rise above-
   with the vision of a dream,
a dream of what is close in each other's heart
  and bringing it together in time,
Love can be like a parallel line
  to reach each,
Love is the parallel line
 that draws us to meet
      to have the better days,
      in the best for all of ways
      that we can finally see and agree.
Love is like a parallel line bringing together your heart and mine.
Love is like a parallel line drawing your heart to mine.
Each parallel line of love takes time
  for a mutually beneficial way to find.

"Prospector Frank - Tale of Fiction" by Susan Pearl

Prospector Frank was a cranky but kind old man,
Leaning on his walking stick was how he would stand,
He had curvature of the spine,
Yet, one day he took the time to plant a seedling pine,
And it must have been a tender sight to see,
The rough old man planting the pine on one bended knee
   and saying loudly in his gruff voice, "Reach for the sky
                                         and you'll do just fine.....
                                         reach for the sky, little pine."
                                
People say Prospector Frank had struck it rich,
He planted the pine while passing through,
And after he left the pine grew each day an inch.

Until it has become one of the most beautiful pines that anyone could ever view,
A vision of great richness, free to see,
From a man passing through who knew-
That the hidden potential of the pine, combined with time
and reaching, reaching ,reaching for the sky would do just fine.
And become all it can be,
With somehow being a lesson of great value, too,
of the good that can be done while passing through-
  for those that follow and who later come
will be the ones to enjoy such good being done.