Let's not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. James Thurber 1894-1961

Awareness

Was the sky more blue yesterday
Than it will be tomorrow?
Will your past be your worst
Or next week for your sorrow?

Are you still mad about words
Said by someone last week?
Are you afraid for tomorrow
So you don't dare to speak?

Are you rooted in anger
Thrust on you last year?
Avoiding people tomorrow
from yesterday's fear?

Today is important
Not the future or past
To lay the foundation
Not a shadow to cast

Don't dwell on past feelings
Just learn and be aware
What life brings today
It's here and not there

Marian
September 24, 2009