I stepped outside this morning and was overwhelmed
by the beauty of the new day
Despite the turmoil of my human heart and mind
the world rolls on and on
The sun is rising higher above the horizon
and the shadows are growing shorter
The trees are showing buds
in anticipation of leafing in the next few months
The air is crisp and clear
absent the wind and clouds of yesterday
The birds go about their business of singing and surviving
their minds untouched
by those things I allow to touch mine
Yet There is Method 
Thank you for sharing! We had smilier themes today of finding beauty and joy in small moments.
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Thanks for reading and for your comments! I don’t know, but I think I like “smilier” better. I am trying to be just that and break out of a funk, so I appreciate the reason to smile!
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Appreciations.
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Tim, taking time to appreciate the gifts delivered by each new day, in the fresh light of morning, provides a timely reminder of the importance of embracing simple pleasures. Your words depict the contrasting world of nature with our own often frantic existence. Your observations in the poem are both pertinent and revealing. Thank you for this gift.
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Thank you for reading, and for your comments, Alan. It’s difficult during these times for me to slow down and appreciate the beauty of the world around me. Nature is, for the most part, unchanged and unmoved by the daily events of our particular species. Like so many others, that constant is a source of peace.
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Thank goodness for the steady beauty offered to us by the natural world. (Let us vow to do more for our mother the Earth.)
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Mary Lee, yes. Yes.
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Each one’s a balm to our worried minds, Tim. Thanks for bringing them into a poem for us.
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Thank you, Linda, for reading and for your comments.
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Thank you for sharing those peaceful moments we can still find in each day.
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Kay, you’re welcome, and thank you for reading and for your comments.
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Yes! Perfectly said. Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
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Those last three lines–yes! Lovely poem.
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Thank you, Laura!
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Nature always gives me hope. Love the presence of nature here.
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Thank you, Margaret. Outside is the place I go when I’m looking for peace.
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Gonna think about those last three lines for a long time. Thank you.
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