Horizons

Horizons are elastic for they expand

More is the pity when we do not lift a hand

Due to choices that blind making life seem bland

For we miss out on so much around us that is so grand

So let us pause and give ourselves the time to think and see

That there is more to life than just me

And so we find the space to become more than we ever thought we could be

The Light Within Your Sight

Many seem to focus on what they have lost

Hanging on to the past no matter the cost

It is easier for many to shout and complain
For much is the work needed to find what one can gain

It less of an effort to look at others and judge
For then from our comfort zone we need not budge

We blame others for the place where we now live
Losing sight of our value and what we have to give

To wallow and drown in needless self derision
makes each day feel like a painful incision

So maybe it is time to stop and pause
And consider that excuses are connected to the cause

Learn to love yourself for the right reason
As G-d continues to do no matter life's season

The World you see is the world in which you believe
Look from another angle and amaze yourself by what there is to receive

Make the journey from expectation to appreciation then overnight
Life is no longer a given but a gift whose light is now within your sight

For 50 years

For 50 years you have been married

For 50 years your love has carried

For 50 years you have been together

For 50 years no matter the weather

For 50 you have given your all

For 50 years so that your family and others may stand tall

For 50 years you have been there

For 50 years even when we were not aware

For 50 years you have shown more than love

For 50 years clearly blessings from above

For 50 years such legendary family devotion

For 50 years inspiring us into motion

For 50 years living by example

For 50 years engaging life fully and not a sample

For 50 years you encourage and empower

For 50 years always there no matter the hour

For 50 year giving and continuing to care

For 50 years greatness beyond compare

For 50 more years may G-d grant us the blessing of your light

For 50 more years may G-d grant you a delectable life enjoying each unique bite

Never purport....

Never purport to know the sort

For then it truth it is with yourself that you do court

Put your efforts in rehabilitating your thought

Then life until now will not have been for naught

The more you invest in trying to change another

The more it becomes clear that it is you who are the bother

Spend more time releasing your authentic light

Then others may realize that they too are worth the fight

You Never Know...

You never know what hides behind a person's face

You have no inkling of how they fill their inner space

You will never be fit enough to run their race

Be there in the crowd to help and cheer

So they see your smile whenever they fear

Show them that they always had the gold

So they keep on running finding that it is not the medal but what they choose to hold

The Legend that never was

I thought you were but a legend

that fills the mouths of those who teach
but was never expected to be within reach

For life is full with constant daily demand
It is nearly impossible to feel in command
So I dare not entertain that which is not known
because then it be what I will have to own

So easy it is to fall into routine
that any change is a shock too obscene
Comforting it is to feel hugged in the zone
For no matter the difficulty it is familiar and feels my own

Yet in moments of pause and quiet
I feel the lack and inner riot
Yet I let the courage escape, too daunting to try it
But these moments of quiet are indeed a thorn
for they reveal where I am indeed torn

On ..the cycle of the familiar unfamiliar goes
Dulling our senses to incline to resign
To what is , is all that can be and thus we see no sign
of possibility , hope and higher design.

Some then do what we all can
making the decision in moments of pause and quiet
To meet who I truly am
Then what was once thought a legend starts to feel real

What feels good and what feels right
starts to surface despite any daily demand
fear that used to direct me
is learning what it is to be rejected by me

life is no longer living me
I am initiating with what keeps me free
to find the energy to makes the most
through what I choose for my mind to host
of the treasures G-d gave me deep and innermost

then , Oh legend I knew your name
authenticity ,my life now no longer the same
for you are me that is no longer resigned
but committed to all that G-d will let me find

A 2000 year old thought

Each day I walk in Israel I carry the weight of generations

Those who cried, dreamed but did not realize their aspirations

I make history with each step I take

Full of awe knowing what is at stake

I touch the ground and feel some sand

Then I remember Abraham walked here and my soul connects to the Land

The tears of those who suffered and fought

Washed away the darkness ,revealing a 2000 year old thought

Israel , ours since before creation

With gratitude I live in the only home of our eternal nation