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Edward Habib McKuen. ©2006 by Stanyan Audio Video Archives
A Thought for Today
Optimism is the forehead of beauty.
FROM the¨BOOKS
Phase Three
I think I'm managing
the turn quite well
I'm almost sure of it
I even find myself
greedy for the coming day.
I'm stronger now
because of time and
thunder.
Without the push
of thunder
and the grace of time
I would still be looking,
but always with a sense of hope
and wonder.
I can handle hope
as well as heartache
life as well as living-
(how unalike they are
as different in their way
as death and dying).
I can keep a smile on
long past its due
and think beyond
the time of thinking
once the process has been
set in motion.
The elements
did that for me.
The sea, the earth, the sky
(created by God in that order)
are not unlike a well-served meal
and
in that order.
At first the fish our soup,
followed by red meat
that only lately stalked the ground.
To finish off the dinner
in a proper way, fowl,
the partridge or the quail
knocked lifeless from the sky.
A lesson in all things.
Morning, afternoon and night,
youth, the middle years and age.
Even the blessed trinity
was manufactured in a three.
God worked in order,
leaving us to sort out
some order for ourselves.
I have the sea around me,
however wild it's there
and
it's dependable.
When I come closer to the earth
I am able out of true reality
to assess my proper worth,
without extremities or exaggerations.
Though it takes
the hardest effort
to reach the heavens,
when finally
we touch the sky
contentment like a cloud
will suddenly surround us.
Trust me.
- from "We Touch the
Sky," 1979
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