open space

This
is where you are
and who you are
right now.
   This
         will change,
     it always does,
but this is where
it starts.
        This. Is. Now.

05/13/2022                                         j.g.l.

Indecisive indecision
anxiety    realistically
difficult
                     to believe
                as it courses
through thoughts you
don’t want
                    to possess

but you do

rather it possesses you

             Breathe it out
     breathe it through
a decision you make
        and not one
made for you

    Overwhelming
apprehension    doubt
             distrust
       uncertain tension

   Anxiety comes in all
              colours
        and dimensions

05/10/2022                                            j.g.l.

It was my Mother who taught me how to love.
   She showed me the true meaning of the word.
   Although she is no longer with me, I find it hard to think of her in past tense.
   I feel her love every day.
   How could I ever forget?
   Happy Mother’s Day.

05/08/2022                                            j.g.l.

Unknown unexpected
Entirely unimaginable

Ask yourself questions
Previously unconsidered

Too often we neglect
A challenge to the soul

To clarify your values
To realize the answers

05/06/2022                                              j.g.l.

05/06/2022 j.g.l.

A new month.
   A new notebook; fresh pages for fresh thoughts (or new concerns over continually considered contemplations), and a newly sharpened pencil too.
   I find that when you write by hand, you purposefully set out the time and the place. In doing so, with pencil or pen, you are using the whole of your hand rather then just the tips of your fingers. You become more physically engaged in your writing. You can feel the writing instrument between your fingers and hear the pencil’s hearty scratch as it meanders across the page.
   It is fulfilling in some small, miraculous way.
   You can see the results.
   You are actually watching thoughts leave your body and come to rest on the page.
   Where will your thinking take you today?

05/03/2022                                                      j.g.l.