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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart 
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It Rippled Today Did you feel it? Ever so tentative, less than a breath, a trigger of action occurring in a touch of finger's skin to temple ~ ~ a catch of thought ~ so it has again begun. It is moving closer although it will have no final destination. There can be no action without a reaction, and nothing ever comes to a complete stop. Because there was a ripple today. God, I pray that I will be aware of the nuances this very slight movement will provide ~ a flash of color ~ ~a scent so silently pervasive ~ and that I will know that it touched me. Like McKuen's "Stanyon Street" the symbolism of the words alone evade memories of things long gone, but never forgotten. I was not listening when that ripple of yesterday passed, I had only felt the breath of a decision and that path then taken lies in some wooded dream of long ago. Done rippled along in other directions. Outcomes which someday may ripple back to me. Consider it never too late to make life changing decisions, as they only come to you on ripples of conscience, and do with it all the good that you can. ©KRJ 2 May 2000 Sunshine ~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. Helen Keller ~~~ |
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Lighthousebob Member Elite
since 2000-06-14
Posts 4725California |
 Profoundly, the simple things that I have set in motion, I have initiated unnoticed.Bob <>< |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Lot's of thought went into this one! My first thought was an earthquake. I like this much  |
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Alle'cram Senior Member
since 2000-02-28
Posts 1816Texas |
Sunshine, You do have a beautiful way with words, penning them in a manner not causing a ripple, but acknowledging them. Ripples will be part of a born-again's life, that is why is it so important to be grounded in God and faith, not in man. Man causes ripples, sometimes unknowly, sometimes in spite of, God will calm the hearts He lives in. A very beautiful piece, written from a very good heart. Blessings, Marcy |
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ellie LeJeune Member Elite
since 2000-01-10
Posts 4156King of Prussia, PA USA |
Sunshine; This is so full of food for thought. When God is using us and we listen to that small still voice, watch out! Miracles can happen. beautiful! Love, Ellie Summers haunting melody that awakens the butterflies, calling them to join the dance in their silent song of praise to God. E LeJeune |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Bob, truth!... Whtdove, thanks!... Alle, when humans walk with God, the ripples can be miracles... Ellie, exactly, and thank you so much!... Sunshine ~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. Helen Keller ~~~ |
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BSC
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Member Elite
since 2000-02-04
Posts 2919New York, USA |
Sunshine - How those little ripples can grow into beautiful waves...or, damaging tides. This is wonderful, it gives so much to think about, a great message in an awesome poem. Bonnie |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Thank you Bonnie! Sunshine ~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. Helen Keller ~~~ |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
I was not listening when that ripple of yesterday passed, I had only felt the breath of a decision and that path then taken lies in some wooded dream of long ago. Done rippled along in other directions. Outcomes which someday may ripple back to me. Consider it never too late to make life changing decisions, as they only come to you on ripples of conscience, and do with it all the good that you can. Sunshine, really beautiful. I love to watch the ripples move across the ponds of life carrying to places unknown. lovely poem, lots to think about especially love the last verse. ------------------------ "Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time". Baltimore Grotto "To be nobody-but-yourself-in a world which is doing its best night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." E.E Cummings. "Art is a lie which makes us realise the truth." Pablo Picasso "We Irish are too poetical to be poets, we are a nation of brilliant failures" Oscar Wilde ----- |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Thank you Brian. One of the things that make me feel best is when one picks out those pieces of a poem that strike him/her best. Your comments thrill me as well, thank you! |
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