GROWING GOOD CORN

[Carol Anne Kincaid~Paradis]

• To our Planet from all of us that call her home.Thank you for all that you provide us with and I am truly sorry for those that exploit you... Carol Anne...

  The Miracle of Morning

  “I thought I’d awaken to a world in mourning.
  Heavy clouds crowding, a society storming.
  But there’s something different on this golden morning.
  Something magical in the sunlight, wide and warming.

  I see a dad with a stroller taking a jog.
  Across the street, a bright-eyed girl chases her dog.
  A grandma on a porch fingers her rosaries.
  She grins as her young neighbor brings her groceries.

  While we might feel small, separate, and all alone,
  Our people have never been more closely tethered.
  The question isn’t if we will weather this unknown,
  But how we will weather this unknown together.

  So on this meaningful morn, we mourn and we mend.
  Like light, we can’t be broken, even when we bend.

  As one, we will defeat both despair and disease.
  We stand with healthcare heroes and all employees;
  With families, libraries, schools, waiters, artists;
  Businesses, restaurants, and hospitals hit hardest.

  We ignite not in the light, but in lack thereof,
  For it is in loss that we truly learn to love.
  In this chaos, we will discover clarity.
  In suffering, we must find solidarity.

  For it’s our grief that gives us our gratitude,
  Shows us how to find hope, if we ever lose it.
  So ensure that this ache wasn’t endured in vain:
  Do not ignore the pain. Give it purpose. Use it.

  Read children’s books, dance alone to DJ music.
  Know that this distance will make our hearts grow fonder.
  From a wave of woes our world will emerge stronger.

  We’ll observe how the burdens braved by humankind
  Are also the moments that make us humans kind;
  Let every dawn find us courageous, brought closer;
  Heeding the light before the fight is over.
  When this ends, we’ll smile sweetly, finally seeing
  In testing times, we became the best of beings.”
  ~ Amanda Gorman,
  Youth Poet Laureate

• When you see an eagle fly upside down, the old ones say it’s a sign that it’s now time to take action on a difficult decision. The physical reason our relatives do this is to quickly decrease speed to land fast and firm.

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  [ LIFE ]
  

  GROWING GOOD CORN

  Once upon a time, there lived a farmer who grew high quality award winning corn. Each year he would enter in the state farmer’s fair and win a gold award for his exceptionally good corns.

  The farmer’s high quality corn was praised all around in the state. The success story of his exceptional corn reached the ears of a journalist and he wanted to interview the farmer. While he was learning about the agriculture process of the farmer, he discovered that the farmer shared his best quality seeds with his neighbors.

  “How can you afford to share your best corn seeds with your neighbors when some of them compete with you  in the agriculture fair?”, asked the curious reporter.

  “Why wouldn’t I Sir?”, asked the farmer. “Didn’t you know that the wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior quality corn, cross pollination would eventually degrade the quality of my corn too. If I am to grow high quality corn, I must help my neighbors grow a good corn too.”

  The farmer’s answer made the reporter realize how aware the old farmer was about connections in life.

  It is the same with our life. Those who choose to live in peace must help others around them to live in peace too. The one who wishes to be loved, must first learn to love others too.  The one who chooses to live well must help to make others live well too, as the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches. Those who choose to be happy must let others find their happiness as the welfare of each is intertwined  with the welfare of all.

  Have a incredible weekend...Stay safe...Angel Blessings and Love...