Nov.30- "Taking Pride" By Susan Pearl

I am so proud of the pride that people take in so many ways,
Taking pride and giving their best makes for living responsible days,
Doing a good job and with integrity doing things to the letter,
Makes for a setting of maintaining what is good and can even make things better,
Which is called an improvement,
Because with taking pride the great challenges can be met,
Taking pride does not rest,
And I know right now there are people giving their very best.

"Practical Ways To Dream" By Susan Pearl

Personal Note-this blog is part of my ongoing
 "Keeping it Real" series of writings that I frequently blog about.
 Thank You.                                      

Oh, reality versus fantasy,
Oh, the facts we know for sure versus only feelings leading to visions of grandeur,
So if we have a dream that sometimes only we can see,
There are guidelines for being practical with what we wish to be,
And basing our dream on facts keeps things practical while becoming a reality,
But a dream based on only feelings has anxiety and a constant risk of calamity,
And that's difficult to take day after day,
It's less stress to dream in practicle ways,
For no one knows for certain what the future will be,
And that fact is a guideline for keeping things in reality.

Nov.28-"Different Seasons-Same Peace" By Susan Pearl

They say for everything there is a season,
And some say there could even be a reason,
Because in life there is so much that we can understand,
and those new discoveries can to be found right at hand,
That's why we try, and try, and try again,
To understand what was, at one time, beyond our grasp,
with one discovery leading to another discovery filling in each gap,
Until a crossway seems to appear before us from out of somewhere,
Allowing us to go beyond what we had ever known before and finding a special peace there,
Maybe the reason for each season that we have the opportunity to live,
Is to discover the new peace and beauty that only that particular season can give,
More beauty and peace to know, more of life to show, but in ways that are new,
Views of life's ongoing seasons and discovering reasons leading the way through.

Nov. 27-"Woof-Woof" By Susan Pearl

Yesterday was quite a day,
I was in the basement and I called up the stairwell for my husband to come,
He didn't hear me,
Almost immediately our wonderful dog barked in the garage,
I could hear my husband coming and he would walk past the stairwell to go to the garage,
When he was in sight at the top of the stairwell I called out again,
I asked him to help me with a project in the basement and that I had been calling for him to come,
He said he hadn't heard me,
While we were working on the project I said that it was interesting that he didn't hear me calling but he had heard our dog bark,
I told him that if calling for him didn't work,
That from now on I might just bark,
"Woof-Woof".

Nov26- "The Sail Ship Clock" By Susan Pearl

I have been noticing a sailing ship clock we have,
We have had the clock for years,
My mother had it on her fireplace mantle,
She had gotten it at an action,
The couple's estate things being sold at the auction had some items from his parents,
He had gotten the clock when his widowed dad went to the nursing home,
His widowed dad and mother had been married for over seventy six years,
The clock represents to me that time sails by on the sea of life,
Time sailed by for the widowed dad,
Time sailed by for his son,
Time sailed by for my mother,
And time is sailing by for us, right now,
Yes, the sail ship clock---time is sailing by on the sea of life,
With the waves of minutes in each day and night coming and going,
Until the journey is complete.

Nov.23- "Catalyst For Change" By Susan Pearl

I am not a chemist by any means, but the thought of a catalyst fasinates me,
To have certain elements and then to add a catalyst the elements will change,
But, yet, the catalyst remains the same,
The "good of all", that we believe in, can be a catalyst for positive change,
And this change will be for the better,
But if this catalyst of "for the good of all" is not allowed to work with all the needed required elements,
Then the wanted chain reaction for the change for good will still have to wait,
But the belief of "for the good of all" will not change,
It will remain the same and it will be there ready to give the right elements the change that will bring about the betterment of all,
And with things changing for the better then the best will be yet to come,
There is just more and more work that needs to be done by everyone,
Our desire "for the good of all" is a catalyst for change,
And even after the change the catalyst of "for the good of all" will remain the same.

Nov.22- "Thankfulness" By Susan Pearl

I think being thankful opens a door in our lives to enjoy wonderful and beautiful times,
With an attitude of gratitude and appreciation a common connection to the past, the present and the future are part of our inner being,
This common connection brings us a feeling of happiness,
There is a common connection of appreciation for what has been done for us,
A common connection of gratitude for what we have,
And a common connection to our future filled with thankfulness,
All at the same time,
Truly, this is the wonderful and beautiful experience that thankfulness gives to enjoy!