Apr 14 2010
Morning Coffee
Do you have days, weeks, and months where your actions are focused, determination energized and then without logic or reason, you experience periods where distractions interfere with your goals, where frustrations and disappointments supersede your ambitions? Well friends, if you get into a similar funk, take time to smell the roses, enjoy the sounds of children’s laughter, look ahead to future joys, reminisce about the past, and think about the beauty that surrounds you. I dedicate the following poem to all of us who need an occasional reminder to make each and every day a special one.
Morning Coffee
As the scent of morning coffee fills the air,
One feels moments of tenderness, of precious memories that have been shared.
As you take a little sip, questions are asked, answers sought, and apprehensions weighed.
Will moms and dads treat their children with care?
Will couples speak respectfully, will they love and share?
Will teachers follow protocol or teach from their hearts?
Will protagonists take a break, work together, and ensure a better start?
As the coffee exerts its lightning power, do you wonder if time will be valued or simply squandered?
Will we make time for caring?
Will we make time for sharing?
Will we make time for sighing?
Will we notice if someone is crying?
Will we make time to be a trustworthy friend?
Will we help tender egos and bruises to mend?
Will we make time to gaze at the sunset and feel the morning’s dew?
Will we try to be more gracious, expect less from ourselves, others, from me and you?
Morning coffee gives us time to contemplate, to compromise, and to commit.
To make our own and others’ lives a bit lovelier and joyous, even if it is just inch by inch, bit by bit.
Enjoy your morning coffee!!
Magical Educating!
Donna Mavrides
Magical Moments
www.magicalms.com
