Happiness is here – v2

Happiness is here,
In this moment, this present,
Each second is real, precious,
Every breath is a manifestation,
Of our joy, God’s presence,
The sustaining of our lives…
 
Happiness is here,
If we will look up, if we are joyful,
Cherishing this now, this present,
Not looking behind us, to a future,
But embracing joy right now,
The present a gift from God…
 
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Edited June 29, 2024
Happiness is here – v2
 
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 54,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Be at peace, content – v2

Drink in the morning,
in waking from rest,
As you open your eyes,
Find joy in simple things,
Letting go of all else…
 
Be at peace, content,
As you go forward this day,
Allowing the moments
To overtake you, to wash you,
Letting go of all else…
 
Balanced in our bodies,
Walking in our days,
Sensing God’s presence,
His hand of protection,
Letting go of all else…
 
Be at peace, content,
Calm within your spirit,
Cleave to the present,
To these sacred moments,
Letting go of all else…
 
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Edited May 22, 2024
Be at peace, content – v2
 
May 22, 2024
Be at peace, content
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/be-at-peace-content.html
"Be content to progress step by step."
— I Ching
&
Edited May 21, 2024
We must live life in the present
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/we-must-live-life-in-present.html
Edited May 20, 2024
We live life in the present – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/we-live-life-in-present-v2.html
May 20, 2024
Life in the present
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/life-in-present.html
"You can't look back;
you have to keep looking forward."
 - Lucy Liu
&
Edited May 20, 2024
Peace, wellness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/peace-wellness-v2.html
May 20, 2024
Peace, wellness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/peace-wellness.html
Prioritize self-care to flourish:
it's your foundation for wellness!
Self-care matters
&
Edited May 20, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-earth-in-all-its-beauty-v2.html
May 20, 2024
The Earth in all its beauty
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-earth-and-all-its-beauty.html
Based on Genesis 9:12-17
God’s promise of the rainbow
after the great flood
&
Edited May 20, 2024
Nature does not hurry – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/nature-does-not-hurry-v2.html
“Nature does not hurry,
yet everything is accomplished.”
 — Lao Tzu
&
Edited May 15, 2024
I release my treasure – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/i-release-my-treasure-v4.html
Based on 2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV
Edited May 14, 2024
Everything changes – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/everything-changes-v2.html
May 13, 2024
Releasing our treasure
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/releasing-our-treasure.html
"If you realize that all things change,
there is nothing you will try to hold on to."
Lao Tzu
&
Edited May 13, 2024
Wanderers – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/wanderers-v3.html
Edited May 11, 2024
Travelers – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/travelers-v3.html
“We are all wanderers in the Unknown.”
I Ching
&
Edited May 9, 2024
Forever – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/forever-v2.html
Edited May 9, 2024
Now – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/now-v2.html 
May 9, 2024 X post by
Wendi M. Lindenmuth MPH, Author. Artist. Editor
@LindenmuthWendi
“What is on the other side of forever?”
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Be at peace, content

Be at peace, content,
Calm within your spirit,
Cleave to the present,
To this moment,
Letting go of all else…
 
Drink in the morning,
The waking from rest,
As you open your eyes,
Find joy in simple things,
Letting go of all else…
 
Be at peace, content,
As you go forward this day,
Allowing the moments
To overtake you, to wash you,
Letting go of all else…
 
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May 22, 2024
Be at peace, content
 
"Be content to progress step by step."
— I Ching
&
Edited May 21, 2024
We must live life in the present
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/we-must-live-life-in-present.html
Edited May 20, 2024
We live life in the present – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/we-live-life-in-present-v2.html
May 20, 2024
Life in the present
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/life-in-present.html
"You can't look back;
you have to keep looking forward."
 - Lucy Liu
&
Edited May 20, 2024
Peace, wellness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/peace-wellness-v2.html
May 20, 2024
Peace, wellness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/peace-wellness.html
Prioritize self-care to flourish:
it's your foundation for wellness!
Self-care matters
&
Edited May 20, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-earth-in-all-its-beauty-v2.html
May 20, 2024
The Earth in all its beauty
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-earth-and-all-its-beauty.html
Based on Genesis 9:12-17
God’s promise of the rainbow
after the great flood
&
Edited May 20, 2024
Nature does not hurry – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/nature-does-not-hurry-v2.html
“Nature does not hurry,
yet everything is accomplished.”
 — Lao Tzu
&
Edited May 15, 2024
I release my treasure – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/i-release-my-treasure-v4.html
Based on 2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV
Edited May 14, 2024
Everything changes – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/everything-changes-v2.html
May 13, 2024
Releasing our treasure
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/releasing-our-treasure.html
"If you realize that all things change,
there is nothing you will try to hold on to."
Lao Tzu
&
Edited May 13, 2024
Wanderers – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/wanderers-v3.html
Edited May 11, 2024
Travelers – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/travelers-v3.html
“We are all wanderers in the Unknown.”
I Ching
&
Edited May 9, 2024
Forever – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/forever-v2.html
Edited May 9, 2024
Now – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/now-v2.html 
May 9, 2024 X post by
Wendi M. Lindenmuth MPH, Author. Artist. Editor
@LindenmuthWendi
“What is on the other side of forever?”
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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We are who we have – v2

We are who we have,
We are our own companion,
walking with us in this life,
for there is no other, truly…
 
We are our hope, our light,
our center, our balance,
walking on this earth,
in every step we take…
 
Our own life, authentic,
is our light, our message,
we must stay true to ourselves,
within our own person…
 
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Edited May 10, 2024
We are who we have – v2
 
May 10, 2024
We are who we have
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/we-are-who-we-have.html
“Our own life has to be our message.”
Thích Nhất Hạnh
&
Edited May 10, 2024
Travelers – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/travelers-v3.html
“We are all wanderers in the Unknown.”
I Ching
&
Edited May 9, 2024
Forever – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/forever-v2.html
Edited May 9, 2024
Now – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/now-v2.html 
Edited May 9, 2024
Travelers – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/travelers-v2.html
May 9, 2024 X post by
Wendi M. Lindenmuth MPH, Author. Artist. Editor
@LindenmuthWendi
“What is on the other side of forever?”
&
March 19, 2024
A sphere of energy
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-sphere-of-energy.html
March 19, 2024
Facebook post by
Poetry After Dark Media
which mentioned me
&
Edited March 19, 2024
This moment – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/this-moment-v2.html
March 19, 2024
This moment
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/this-moment.html
Quote from Thích Nhất Hạnh,
“The present moment is the only moment
available to us and it is
the door to all other moments.”
&
Edited March 11, 2024
Finding Balance – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/finding-balance-v4.html
Edited March 11, 2024
Walk Mindfully on this Planet
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/walk-mindfully-on-this-planet.html
March 11, 2024
Walking Mindfully on this Earth
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/walking-mindfully-on-earth.html
Based on meditation of Thích Nhất Hạnh,
Posted on Twitter April 21, 2023
“walk mindfully for the planet”
And on Twitter on Earth Day April 22, 2023
“To be making steps on this beautiful planet is a miracle”
&
Edited March 11, 2024
We must be authentic – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/we-must-be-authentic-v2.html
March 11, 2024
We must be authentic
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/we-must-be-authentic.html
“Our own life has to be our message.”
Quote of Thích Nhất Hạnh,
found in his August 9, 2004 book,
The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology
&
Edited February 27, 2024
Finding Balance – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/finding-balance-v3.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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We are who we have

We are who we have,
Our own companion,
Walking with us in this life,
For there is no other…
 
We are our hope, our light,
Our center, our balance,
Walking on this earth,
In every step we take…
 
Our own life, authentic,
Is our light, our message,
Stay true to yourself,
Within your own person…
 
---------------  
May 10, 2024
We are who we have
 
“Our own life has to be our message.”
Thích Nhất Hạnh
&
Edited May 10, 2024
Travelers – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/travelers-v3.html
Edited May 9, 2024
Forever – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/forever-v2.html
Edited May 9, 2024
Now – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/now-v2.html 
Edited May 9, 2024
Travelers – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/travelers-v2.html
Edited/merged/new name May 9, 2024
Forever
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/forever.html
May 9, 2024
Now
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/now.html  
May 9, 2024 X post by
Wendi M. Lindenmuth MPH, Author. Artist. Editor
@LindenmuthWendi
“What is on the other side of forever?”
&
May 9, 2024
Travelers
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/travelers.html  
“We are all wanderers in the Unknown.”
I Ching
&
March 19, 2024
A sphere of energy
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-sphere-of-energy.html
March 19, 2024
Facebook post by
Poetry After Dark Media
which mentioned me
&
Edited March 19, 2024
This moment – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/this-moment-v2.html
March 19, 2024
This moment
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/this-moment.html
Quote from Thích Nhất Hạnh,
“The present moment is the only moment
available to us and it is
the door to all other moments.”
&
Edited March 11, 2024
Finding Balance – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/finding-balance-v4.html
Edited March 11, 2024
Walk Mindfully on this Planet
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/walk-mindfully-on-this-planet.html
March 11, 2024
Walking Mindfully on this Earth
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/walking-mindfully-on-earth.html
Based on meditation of Thích Nhất Hạnh,
Posted on Twitter April 21, 2023
“walk mindfully for the planet”
And on Twitter on Earth Day April 22, 2023
“To be making steps on this beautiful planet is a miracle”
&
Edited March 11, 2024
We must be authentic – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/we-must-be-authentic-v2.html
March 11, 2024
We must be authentic
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/we-must-be-authentic.html
“Our own life has to be our message.”
Quote of Thích Nhất Hạnh,
found in his August 9, 2004 book,
The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology
&
Edited February 27, 2024
Finding Balance – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/finding-balance-v3.html
Edited February 26, 2024
Finding balance – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/finding-balance-v2.html
February 26, 2024
Finding balance
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/finding-balance.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Focus on today – v3

Focus on today, today,
on the steps right before you,
Don’t worry about tomorrow,
what might yet be…
 
Focus on today, only,
not looking behind you,
Faithful in the present,
in your current walk…
 
Focus on today, right now,
in this moment, this present,
Life is in the living,
our walk, step by step…
 
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Edited April 9, 2024

Focus on today – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/focus-on-today-v3.html

Edited April 9, 2024

Focus on today – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/focus-on-today-v2.html

April 7, 2024

Focus on today

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/focus-on-today.html

Based on Matthew 6:34

Matthew 6:25-34

Lord’s Prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

Sermon on the Mount

Matthew 5, Matthew 6, Matthew 7

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Focus on today – v2

Focus on today,
on the steps right before you,
Don’t worry about tomorrow,
what might yet be…
 
Focus on today,
not looking behind you,
Faithful in the present,
in your current walk…
 
Focus on today,
in this moment, this present,
Life is in the living,
our walk, step by step…
 
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Edited April 9, 2024
Focus on today – v2
 
April 7, 2024
Focus on today
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/focus-on-today.html
Based on Matthew 6:34
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Focus on today

Focus on today,
On the steps right before you,
Don’t worry about tomorrow,
What might yet be…
 
Focus on today,
Not looking behind you,
Faithful in the present,
In your current walk…
 
Focus on today,
In this moment, this present,
Life is in the living,
Of our walk, step by step…
 
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April 7, 2024
Focus on today
 
Matthew 6:34
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, prayer, calling, purpose, faith, love, grace, Matthew 6, present,
 
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This moment – v2

Right now, this minute,
A moment precious, wonderful,
In this moment, this time,
This present, only,
This moment magic,
Important, precious,
All we have, right now,
All we ever need…
 
This moment a gift,
A gift to cherish, to hold,
To hold but movement,
Into a future present,
In the present moment,
Conscious, present,
To the gift of time,
This precious moment…
 
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Edited March 19, 2024
This moment – v2
 
March 19, 2024
This moment
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/this-moment.html
Quote from Thích Nhất Hạnh,
“The present moment is the only moment
available to us and it is
the door to all other moments.”
&
Edited March 11, 2024
Finding Balance – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/finding-balance-v4.html
Edited March 11, 2024
Walk Mindfully on this Planet
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/walk-mindfully-on-this-planet.html
March 11, 2024
Walking Mindfully on this Earth
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/walking-mindfully-on-earth.html
Based on meditation of Thích Nhất Hạnh,
Posted on Twitter April 21, 2023
“walk mindfully for the planet”
And on Twitter on Earth Day April 22, 2023
“To be making steps on this beautiful planet is a miracle”
&
Edited March 11, 2024
We must be authentic – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/we-must-be-authentic-v2.html
March 11, 2024
We must be authentic
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/we-must-be-authentic.html
“Our own life has to be our message.”
Quote of Thích Nhất Hạnh,
found in his August 9, 2004 book,
The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology
&
Edited February 27, 2024
Finding Balance – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/finding-balance-v3.html
Edited February 26, 2024
Finding balance – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/finding-balance-v2.html
February 26, 2024
Finding balance
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/finding-balance.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, Thích Nhất Hạnh, present, gift, mindfulness, life, authentic, genuine, truth, calling, purpose, meaning, balance, harmony, nature, peace, meditation, God, prayer,
 
#Poetry #ThíchNhấtHạnh #present #gift #mindfulness #life #authentic #genuine #truth #calling #purpose #meaning #balance #harmony #nature #peace #mediation #God #prayer

This moment

Right now, this minute,
This moment precious, wonderful,
In this moment, this time,
This present, only,
This moment magic,
Important, precious,
All we have, right now,
All we ever need…
 
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March 19, 2024
This moment
 
Quote from Thích Nhất Hạnh,
“The present moment is the only moment
available to us and it is
the door to all other moments.”
&
Edited March 11, 2024
Finding Balance – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/finding-balance-v4.html
Edited March 11, 2024
Walk Mindfully on this Planet
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/walk-mindfully-on-this-planet.html
March 11, 2024
Walking Mindfully on this Earth
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/walking-mindfully-on-earth.html
Based on meditation of Thích Nhất Hạnh,
Posted on Twitter April 21, 2023
“walk mindfully for the planet”
And on Twitter on Earth Day April 22, 2023
“To be making steps on this beautiful planet is a miracle”
&
Edited March 11, 2024
We must be authentic – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/we-must-be-authentic-v2.html
March 11, 2024
We must be authentic
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/we-must-be-authentic.html
“Our own life has to be our message.”
Quote of Thích Nhất Hạnh,
found in his August 9, 2004 book,
The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology
&
Edited February 27, 2024
Finding Balance – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/finding-balance-v3.html
Edited February 26, 2024
Finding balance – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/finding-balance-v2.html
February 26, 2024
Finding balance
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/finding-balance.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, energy, Tao, Taoism, Taoist, universe, balance, vibration, harmony, nature, peace, meditation, God, prayer,
 
#Poetry #energy #Tao #Taoism #Taoist #universe #balance #vibration #harmony #nature #peace #mediation #God #prayer
 
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#Poetry #life #witness #path #authentic #genuine #real #truth #calling #purpose #meaning #ThíchNhấtHạnh
 
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Poetry, Earth, Earth Day, walking, mindfulness, life, authentic, genuine, truth, calling, purpose, meaning, Thích Nhất Hạnh, balance, harmony, nature, peace, meditation, God, prayer,
 
#Poetry #Earth #EarthDay #walking #mindfulness #life #authentic #genuine #truth #calling #purpose #meaning #ThíchNhấtHạnh #balance #harmony #nature #peace #mediation #God #prayer
 
 
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Poetry, Earth, present, gift, mindfulness, life, authentic, genuine, truth, calling, purpose, meaning, Thích Nhất Hạnh, balance, harmony, nature, peace, meditation, God, prayer,
 
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I could feel the hand of Cold - v2

I could feel the hand of Cold
the claw of Wind
clutching at me
a presence, menacing
their talons piercing
the denim, my skin.

The bite of Morning
catching me, unexpected,
stepping outside briefly
reminding me that Winter
had not yet loosed its grip.



All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

I could feel the hand of Cold

I could feel the hand of Cold
the claw of Wind
their talons piercing
the denim, my skin.

The bite of Morning
stepping outside briefly
reminding me that Winter
had not loosed its grip.

February 22, 2020




All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 52,540+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Life in the Present Tense – v2

I am present –

Seeing now

And the possibilities

Of tomorrows;

Life in the present tense

Looking forward

For what might be

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edited January 7, 2016

Life in the Present Tense – v2

                

posted February 16, 2004

written 6/13/01 7:07

Life in the Present Tense

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/life-in-present-tense.html

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,660+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.