Grandma Tidbits #5

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What are you grateful for today?
Life. Here's a small rhyme I wrote a couple months ago that says it well:

When I was young, I'd wonder why
bad times would come to make me cry.
What had I done? What was the cause?
Were these the fruits of divine laws?

Now that I'm old, each day's a gift:
the good, the bad, the subtle rift.
My life flows swift towards end of time
and I am glad that they are mine.

What's missing in your life?
A fully functioning heart. My damaged one doesn't pump blood effectively. That creates other health problems and restricts what I can do physically. But even so, my life is good. If I'm missing anything else, I guess it's too insignificant to remember.

Has the conflict and harm religion has caused outweighed the good it has produced?
Conflict is a constant in our world. Religion is one of the excuses used for conflict. I think the same holds true of good. The world is filled with good people and loving actions. Some are the product of religious belief, some are not.

Grandma


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Comments

  1. Julia SmithApril 5, 2010 at 7:36 PM

    I really like your poem. I like the philosophy behind it, which I live by, even a young whippersnapper like me.

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  2. GrandmaApril 5, 2010 at 8:09 PM

    Good for you, Julia. Sounds like you got smarter a lot faster than I did!

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