This New Day

What a privilege it is to open my eyes each day

Never a guarantee but always my mainstay

To find myself in the might of new day's light

Excites within me the fight to reach a new height

I will not excuse myself out of this day's hope

And will climb with passion no matter how steep the slope

If G-d has chosen me to be in this new day

No matter what I face I will make headway

I will open my heart to feel the blessing and miracle

And engage myself fully to to reach the day's pinnacle

Through a lens of Divinely forged gratitude and joy

I will, with humble awe embrace this day with full deploy

Live a life of giving

Live a life of giving for when you give you expand

Giving to another is always giving of yourself

Helping others feel worthy in living

A life of giving shows you are always in need

For there is no day that has too many a good deed

So even if you do not have much

And all you might have is a good word to give

Know that because of you someone might choose to live

No one can promise what for you will be

But when you give with a full heart

No matter how bleak things may seem

For some reason you keep going

As in living a life of giving you know even if you cannot explain

That you are igniting a flame that keeps the light of life burning strong

So that you can still see and grab onto the life that can be when it is meant to be.

Count Your Blessings

How do you go a day without counting your miracles & blessings

For even if you believe them to be few and far between

only when you count then are they truly seen

Never let them out of your sight

For they are the reasons you continue to fight

And the words of your Thankfulness

Lead to the actions of your gratitude

Which infuses meaningful life into your attitude

I Can

I will always learn to see and seek what I can

For to focus on what I cannot is to impose on myself a ban

I want to open my eyes to more than now

replacing I cannot with I can allows me to find out how

Allowing me to become aware of G-d's surrounding Wow

I can unleashes the authentic me

The only way I have a chance to be free

For it catapults me forward more than any word

Leading to action that keeps me significant and never lost in the herd

The blessing to be able to be what I can is a clear sign

That no matter what I need never resign my Divine design

No Excuse

Hashem I resolve to no further excuse myself from life
I do not want to be the harbinger of needless strife

How captivating the temptation of a comforting excuse
that distracts me into a life draining ruse without any enduring use

Hashem I know that excuse can be another word for fear
but I start to realize that at times to succeed you need to shed a tear

Excuses limit what I am open to believe
Convincing me that this is all I will ever achieve

Hashem I see now that excuses are no more than comfort zone glue
Keeping me from living a life that is authentic and true

Excuses remain words and reasons lead to meaningful action
which paves the way to my life's enduring satisfaction

I hug this day

Hashem I hug this day that you have given me
I am in awe of all that I did see
I mourn that which I miss
Yet grateful for all Your gracious bliss
I transcend the obstacle to see the miracle
Full of prayer that this night is a herald of a new morning's light

The Metaphor

The power of the metaphor is of legend and lore

As we give it life when it is illusion and nothing more

The power of the metaphor to many seems to be law

For when used it is accepted as a closed door

When we can see that metaphor is not a destination

but rather a vehicle that goes in the direction of our mind's location

We can change the script to empower a mind state

So life can go forward before it is too late