Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Love

110 ...
My beloved kissed me soon as I woke up.  He gave me the warmest embrace one could give.  Into my ear, he whispered, "I am happy to see you up!"  He rushed to the kitchen next and prepared for me a meal of buttered toast, boiled egg and a cup of fruit.  He warmed up the freshly brewed coffee, poured it in my favorite mug, sprinkled in it just the right amount of cream and sugar; after stirring it, he handed it to me with a charming smile.  I do not know what I had done to deserve his tender love and kindness, but I am truly thankful that he is in my life.  I feel so very much loved!

Nourishment

109 ...
Sometimes, you get up from the wrong side of bed.  You forget that you woke up, and ignore that you just received a precious gift of life.  Because your stomach growls, you have nothing else on mind but satisfy it.  You head out to the kitchen and already, the aroma of freshly brewed coffee and homemade bread is waking your senses.  You get going.  This time, you open up the icebox and get displeased that there's not in it your favorite breakfast item, even though fruits, eggs, juices and leftover chicken and ham are there.  What is wrong with you?  Stop briefly and put things in crystal clear perspective.  Be thankful, for goodness sake.  Be very, very thankful that you have access to daily nourishment, and that you could reach for it anytime you are in want of it.

Shelter

108 ...
Our homes shelter us from atrocious weather elements.  Their walls and foundation keep us secure during the day and give us peaceful rest during the night.  The rooms in our homes provide us places to conduct activities we like to accomplish or enjoy.  Our homes perfectly allow us also to keep tools, machines and appliances that help us live conveniently our lives.  In them, we are able to gather comfortably and contently with our loved ones and friends.  It behooves us to ignore the kind provisions we get from having homes.  We must be thankful for the builders of our homes.  No matter how small and humble our homes may be, we must give thanks that we have them.

Companions

107 ...
We are heart-warmed by the tender display of emotions by creatures of the lower kind toward us.  Surely, sometimes we wonder why we take them into our homes, feed them, and care for them; many think we are downright crazy because we play with them, and we spend a good amount of time talking to them, telling them our woes and frustrations or sharing with them our joys as if they were our own begotten children.  Undoubtedly, we love them as we love our family members.  Why?  Clearly, they give us unabashed companionship and unbridled love.  We must not forget to give thanks for their presence in our daily lives.

Outrage

106 ...
Your head spins.  An 'achy-breaky' feeling annoys your entire being even though you do not have a legitimate physical un-wellness.  Your heart cries from deep pain.  The carnage of innocents in many places around the world, in our own small worlds and in worlds which are strange to us is unbearably hurtful.  Why do media keep projecting the agony and despair of violent, heinous slaughter of bystanders?  Nothing feels right about terrorist attacks on people anywhere, everywhere ... in the world!

Discipline

105 ...
You know right from wrong choices, yet you choose to go for what hurts your health.  There are no shortcuts to a healthy lifestyle, mind you.  Sustaining a healthy body requires tremendous resolve and care.  Fatty foods would clog your arteries and increase bad cholesterol.  Highly acidic foods would cause discomfort.  Carbohydrates-rich foods would surely make bad sugars likely to expand your mid, arms, upper and lower abdomen.  Too much protein and little fluid intake would give way to constipation.  Remember too that those cakes, pies, muffins, cookies and breads of all types you consume thoughtlessly all contribute to sugars unwanted in your insides.   Act now, and live your life in food-intake-moderation before your body explodes and fall apart.  Build that discipline and keep at it!

Value

104 ...
What are you to yourself?  With your keen faculties that allow you to transcend limitless thoughts, you must rejoice.  With your abundant health that permits you to move about, breathe, and feel a plethora of emotions, you should be thankful.  With your endless freedom that gives push to your making personal choices, resolving issues, accepting or denying propositions of sorts, you must know that you have almost everything life requires to strongly convince you of your self-worth. What else do you need to believe in yourself and to elevate your self-perception?  Believe and stand tall!