The key
You will find
To anything
You wish to do
Is held within
Your own mind
E.A. Fussell
1/20/2019
Tag: poetry
Whiter than snow
Beauty unspeakable
On this glorious day
His majesty shines
Lighting the way
The darkness of sin
Washed away
By His mercy and forgiveness
The scriptures say
Covered with His blood
We are whiter than snow
If we just believe and pray
E.A. Fussell
1/20/2019
Broken Coloring
Remember
When you are feeling
Down
A crayon still colors when it is
Broken
So pick your chin
Up
Think positive
Thoughts
Especially when you’re feeling
Down
And color the hell out of your
Broken
E.A. Fussell
1/19/2019
One pound
It seems like
A constant struggle
To lose one pound
Will the confounded scale
Ever go down
Is all this effort
Really worth getting fit
Just keep telling yourself “You can do it”
E.A. Fussell
1/19/2019
Far far away
Sun sets
On a long day
Breeze blows
Palm trees sway
Carrying my thoughts
Far far away
E.A. Fussell
1/17/2019
Any Minute
Hold your head high
Sit securely on your perch
Knowing that any minute
You can choose to fly
E.A. Fussell
1/16/2019
Focus on One Thing
Learning how to block time
Each day
And focus on one thing
One specific life intention
One aspect of work
One area of self improvement
Easier said than done
This focusing on just one
Theory says
Great gains can be made
In a short amount of time
If we focus on one thing
Set aside distractions
Dedicate our mind
To thinking on one thing
Dedicate our body
To practicing one thing
Theory says
That’s how experts
Become experts
Ignoring distractions
Pushing them
Out of the way
To focus on one thing
For a specific period of time
Each and every day
It has been my experience
Focusing on just one
Is easier said than done
E.A. Fussell
01/12/2019
Do Not Conform
There is a distant voice
Calling
It gets louder
As I get older
Calling
Do not settle
Do not conform
Calling
Love with abandon
Live with passion
Calling
Stay free
Enjoy each experience
Calling
Seek wisdom
Disregard skeptics
Calling
Take risks
Do not fear pain
Calling
You were created for this moment
Do not let it pass in vain
E.A. Fussell
12/28/2018
When Sense Ratios Change, People Change
Ponder this:
Our central nervous system
A mass of impulses and messages
Flowing constantly
Processing information at warp speed
Connected to the eyes
Can be effected by environment
Media bombards us
With negative images
Evoking an imbalance
In the ratio of our sense preceptors
By overloading us
With negative information
The media changes the ratio
Of our sense preceptors
When sense ratios change
People change
Bombarded by negative information
We become more negative
As individuals, as a society, as a nation
But remember
When sense ratios change
People change
What might happen if
We turned off the media
And took for ourselves
A few minutes
During our waking hour and
Prior to sleep
To gaze at images which inspire us
And listen to music that moves us
And think on things pure and lovely
And fill our central nervous system
With positive information
That we dream on and awaken to
If we did this for a day, week, longer
What might happen to us
As individuals, a society, a nation?
E.A. Fussell
12/24/2018
Hope Billows
Sunrises
Wind blows
Sunsets
Red, Orange, Yellow
Sails fill
Moving swiftly
Hope billows
On waves of blue
E.A. Fussell
12/19/2018
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