The sun is just coming up, the weather is especially pleasant for this time of the year and the 10-day forecast indicates it will stay that way for quite some time.

   Not a drop of rain is expected for the foreseeable future and these summer-like temperatures, even through the nights, will continue.

   There are better days ahead.

   My morning coffee is bold and sweet — sort of like me — and, for the most part, my schedule is clear enough to allow me to take advantage of where I am. It’s a good place to be.

   I have a few things I need to do but, more so, I have a lot of things I want to do. I hope this mindful mood will allow me to get them done.

   Optimism is a wonderful thing, and it is easily obtained if you permit yourself to believe it is possible.

09/16/2024                                                                                                      j.g.l.

We won’t admit
we share the pain.
We tell ourselves
again and again
we are different.
We don’t know
what anyone feels,
or how anyone
deals with this now.
We can’t remember.
We don’t know
how to behave
like we used to.

© 2021 j.g. lewis

     Days, weeks, then months 

     and years drift by. 

Not always noticeable, or even 

memorable, the time behind us 

simply accumulates.    All in all, 

     the sum of its parts leads to 

     a life well-lived, if you take  

             a moment to notice.

09/10/2024                                                                                                  j.g.l.