A Wondrous World

PREFACE
THESE POEMS WERE WRITTEN DURING WHAT HAS PROBABLY BEEN THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME OF MY LIFE. EACH LINE REPRESENTS A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND I CAN ATTEST TO THE VALIDITY OF THE MESSAGE I’M TRYING TO CONVEY.
BURSTS OF EXUBERANT JOY CAN BE FOUND DURING EVEN THE SADDEST OF TIMES, BUT SUSTAINED PEACEFUL JOY APPEARS ONLY WHEN WE ARE CONNECTED TO OUR HIGHER SELVES. WHILE IN OUR HUMAN FORM WE ARE UNABLE TO REMAIN IN A PERPETUAL STATE OF BLISS, BUT WE CAN CHOOSE TO BE GRATEFUL WHERE EVER WE ARE AND SEEK TO REMAIN ENFOLDED IN THE LOVING EMBRACE OF GOD.
WE CAN CHOOSE TO SPREAD LIGHT INTO OUR WORLD HOWEVER DARK IT MAY SEEM FOR THE MOMENT, AND WE CAN SAVOR THE BEAUTY THAT SURROUNDS US IF WE ONLY CAN REMAIN IN TOUCH WITH IT.
PART I NATURE: MY INTENTION IN THESE WRITINGS IS TO CREATE AN AWARENESS OF THE MAGNIFICENCE OF OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, EVEN IN ITS TINIEST FORM A WORLD ISMORROWED IN A DEW DROP, A SINGLE FEATHER IN AN EAGLE’S WING IS AS INTRICATE AND MAJESTIC AS THE BIRD IN ITS ENTIRITY.
PART II HOPE: EVEN THE MOST DEVASTATING OF CIRCUMSTANCES HOLD WITHIN A DEEP AND ABIDING JOY. JUST AS THE JOURNEY IS THE MOST TREASURED PART OF THE TRIP, THE SEEKING FOR THE MEANING BEHIND OUR EARTHLY EXPERIENCES IS THE EPITOME OF ANTICIPATION AS WE DEALVE DEEP WITHIN FOR THE SECRETS THAT ARE WAITING FOR OUR DISCOVERY.
PART III WHIMSEY: FUN MAY BE FOUND IN THE MOST MUNDANE PLACES. OUR IMAGINATIONS CAN BE CAPTURED AND TRANSFIXED IF WE BUT ALLOW OURSELVES TO ENJOY EVEN THOSE CHORES WE DISLIKE THE MOST.
 
CONTENTS
PART I--- NATURE
TREES
RAIN
BUTTERFLIES
INSECTS
SPIDER WEBS
SEASHELLS
NOONTIDE
A TWILIGHT RITUAL

PART II---HOPE AND INSPIRATION
HOPE FOR ALL SEASONS
TOGETHERNESS
THE DAWNING
A STORM
SEPARATION
PERSPECTIVE
TRANSFORMATION
RESCUED
HEAVEN’S WELCOME
DIVINE INTERVENTION
GROWTH
THREADS OF GOLD
GRIEF
OCEANS OF SADNESS
SKY AND EARTH
MORNING MELODIES
KNOWING

PART III---WHIMSEY
PUPPIES VS KITTENS
DUST BUNNIES
SOAP BUBBLES
LAUNDRY
HOLIDAY CHEER
CONVERSATIONS
AROMATHERAPY
NOSTALGIC SOUNDS
MUSIC
DANCERS
CHOICES