4 Wishes
A heart like yours should always be surrounded by loved ones
A mind like yours should burst with creativity and determination
to see all including the least of your dreams come true.
Do actions for the sake of yourself and the ones that surround you.
Stay away from negative thoughts and protect yourself
for you are special beyond measure.
Laugh as you drink in life with its gifts and treasures.
Lead and give purpose to our strivings
Heal and give rest to the weary and the less fortunate.
Talk of lives full of toil and the worship to be found in work.
Dream of things fantastic and weave them into your life.
Let love be the driving force in your life, today and forever more.
May the rest of your days be peaceful and joyous.
Calm and met with aplomb and grace.
May His bounties and Her blessings shower you with love.
Pieces in "Family and Friends:"
- 4. Wishes Birthday wishes for a good friend of mine. I usually send this out on birthdays along with a fresh poem.
- 6. Mother A tribute to mothers, especially mine - "lights that guide us through the dark".
- 18. Friends For a dear friend who I "thank for being steadfast in love for those are the very things - that makes us feel not like paupers but as kings".
- 29. Inspire For my mother - "with her at my side, the battle of life to fight, saves me from danger, my anchor in any plight"
- 37. Friends2 For a dear old friend, in memory of good times and a imperative to "raise our glasses we did in toast - to a life from which we would wrest the most".