Jan.31- "Rich Becomes Poor" By Susan Pearl

Fat, in or on food, does make it taste very rich,
But, too much, can make a very poor diet.

Jan.30-"Both Ways" By Susan Pearl

Life is a mixture of joy and pain,
Of laughter and many a tear,
Of fair and unfairness,
Life goes both ways year after year,
So we have to stay strong when things go wrong,
And appreciate the good times while they are here before they disappear,
Because life goes both ways year after year.

Jan.29- "No More Tricks" By Susan Pearl

Mental tricks are hard to see,
But some people are tricksters but I'm more aware of them than I used to be,
Because falling for their tricks time after time,
Had become a naive habit of mine,
For I am prone to believe what I am told,
But being tricked does gets old,
Oh, those tricksters will play a trick today,
But I'm not falling for what they say,
For their reality is not mine,
And therein is the truth to find,
The game of tricks I would rather not play,
I am not tricking myself into going their way.

Jan.28- "Enjoyable Person" By SusanPearl

I heard a person say,--
"I don't know what is always right but I sure know when there's something wrong",
Also, that person said,
"I was born in the morning but it wasn't this morning",
I enjoyed being with this person very much and learned a lot about common sense,
And, now, I know when "Something is just a bunch of baloney". 

Jan 25- "A Smiling Embrace" By Susan Pearl

A smile can be like an embrace,
To see the loving look on a face,
And somehow there is a connection in place,
Like a felt touch yet held apart by space,
Oh, yes, a smile can be like an embrace.

Jan.24- "Husband's Surprise Answer" By Susan Pearl

My husband looked so happy the other day that I asked him to explain,
"What are you thinking?' I inquired,
I was expecting for him to say that I am the most wonderful wife ever desired,
Instead, he said he checked the jelly in the fridge and that the expiration date hadn't yet expired,
I think my mouth dropped open, I laughed, and I told him,
"I thought you were happy about me, I didn't know it was because you didn't have to throw out the jelly."
He smiled his smile that I love to see so much,
And we had jelly sandwiches that day for lunch.

Personal note:   I say-----"Isn't life grand"------!

My husband and I have been married for 46 years.

Jan.23- "House Key" By Susan Pearl

We knew our life wouldn't be the same again,
If we didn't pretend,
So we lived in the house of denial acting like nothing was wrong,
Not knowing it couldn't last long,
But after awhile,
We couldn't live any more in our house of denial,
The house had fallen down,
Only broken pieces of pretense were now on the ground,
We decided to build a house with only acceptance of what is true,
By facing the truth we knew we could withstand what we had to go through,
And with things not like they were before,
There isn't any need at all to pretend anymore,
Living in a house of truth is a strong place to be,
And the peace from such acceptance holds the key.

Jan.22- " My Door" By Susan Pearl

What is at the door?
Could it be different then what was there before?
Oh, my, oh, dear,
It looks like fear,
I'm keeping the door shut and that is a must,
Because I am only opening my door up to trust.

Jan.21- "Creative Process" By Susan Pearl

Some of the best ideas have come from an effort to bring betterment,
Some of the best ideas have come from neccesity,
Some of the best thoughts began as a concept of a dream,
New thoughts and new ways of doing things are imagined as possibilities ,
This ingenuity is sparked by the creative idea,
Creative ideas lead to innovation,
Innovation leads to change,
Change leads to new possibilities,
Possibilities that were envisioned by creative thoughts,
The creative process can bring betterment to all,
The creative process can meet the needs,
The creative process can make dreams come true.

Jan 18- "May" By Susan Pearl

May:
May childhoods be of happiness and wonder,
May children feel safe and grow up in peace,
May these children become a generation to usher in peacefully the changes beneficial to all,
May these changes be accepted without painful difficulty but understood and agreed to be essential,
May the human made anxieties and traumas of the past not be passed on to a new generations any more,
May this come to be,
May it begin with you and me,
May we shoulder this responsibility,
May eventually, all children know a life that children of the world haven't known before,
May, without the trauma and anxiey, these children grow up and have the ability to adjust to the changes that are needed for this all to really be.

Jan.17- "Fushion Of Color" By Susan Pearl

Moments, turning into minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades,
And with decades after decades those bright and colorful years of early life won't fade,
But add fushion to the beauty with new bright and colorful moments in life to be made.

Jan.16-"Gratitude List" By Susan Pearl

In my opinion, when a list of pet peeves is longer than the list of things that are liked,
There needs to be a better attitude of seeing everyday things with gratitude,
Because each day holds hidden gems and all we have to do is find them,
And gratitude will show a way to see the things that are there to like in each day.

Jan.15- "Goodwill Lesson" By Susan Pearl

In my opinion, the goodwill we have brings joy,
The stronger our goodwill the stronger the joy,
Remembering, goodwill towards all will include ourself, too,
In fact, it is important to have goodwill towards ourself,
Because if we get down who can we really help?

Jan. 14- "Connection Time" By Susan Pearl

Some people are naturally ahead of the times for many, many years,
And then all of a sudden they are exactly on the mark for the times,
It can work like that and a person knows such a connection when it happens.

Jan.11- "Not Alone Call" By Susan Pearl

My hair was standing on end,
But I wasn't in any wind,
I was seeing on TV the bullying of an innocent person,
And I thought, "Oh, please know you are not alone,"
Like amusement park mirrors bullies have a distorted view,
And this distorted view is what they see others through,
So don't believe anything bullies say to be true,
It is a reflection of the distorted way that they do,
I would like people to know they are not alone,
I would like them to see that they are not alone,
There are better things in life awaiting for all to find,
These are ahead and to get there may take some time,
And you can make it and everything will turn out fine,
But for now, "Please know you are not alone, you are not alone,"
Faith, hope and love are here right now to be shown and known,
Look for them because they are here ---- "you are not alone."

Jan.10- "Living In The Moment" By Susan Pearl

I haven't met tomorrow yet,
I have known the past with happiness and regret,
But today teaches me what I have that is here right now,
And "to live in the moment" I have finally learned how,
Yes,"to live in the moment" is something I have been taught,
In fact, now, I would rather "live in the moment" than not,
Because "in the moment" is where I belong,
As I haven't met tomorrow yet and the past is gone.

Jan.9- "Wisdom" By Susan Pearl

When we apply the very best of what we know that can be done,
For everyone,
With the hope that only good will come,
We have used wisdom.

Jan.8- "Having Mutual Happiness" By Susan Pearl

I don't have all the answers,
And you don't have all the answers,
But "together" we do,
So, let's listen to one another,
Listen to what the other has to say,
Who knows, with a respectful productive conversation,
A new way may be pointed out to both of us,
For a brighter and better day of mutual happiness.

Jan.7- "Windy Day Of Childhood Play" By Susan Pearl

Oh, the feeling of being a child in Kansas on a windy day,
The corner of the shelter belt of trees is the best place to play,
Looking up at the tall pines and watching them sway,
Oh the howling, oh, the roar!!!--- imaginative monsters galore,
The relentless wind seems to be getting stronger than before,
But, oh, being safe the young me so felt inside that mature shelter belt,
With so many hours of childhood play flying away,
Then I heard my mother's voice calling to say,
"Time to come in",
And so it came to an end for that day of playing in the wind,
What a fun day of childhood imagination it had been,
With more times of the Kansas winds to come again.