Oh, my dear friends, Thanksgiving has come and gone and now we are in the run up to Christmas and all the other holidays that populate this season. The days are getting too short for me and the pandemic is spiking once again. Alone in the darkness it’s so easy to wallow. I am overwhelmed with a backlog of work and simultaneously hyper-aware of all the things I should’ve and could’ve done if I wasn’t so busy with other things. Well, dash it all. Amid all the hustle and bustle I need to stop and do something just for me, something creative that I want to do, not need to do. So here it: a few stolen moments of transcribing haiku from last spring. I needed to do this and share, and I hope if you read them you find something of value in them to lighten your day, dispel the darkness, or rally you once again to hang in there. Until we chat again, here’s wishing you had a blessed Thanksgiving and that your Christmas/holiday season is progressing with a minimum of stress and according to plan. If not, there’s always tomorrow.
Peace and Giblets
Jason
5/3/20
5389
Offer ev’ryone
Love, support, encouragement;
Including yourself.
5/7/20
5393
We can never be
Free of our earthly choices.
They live in our flesh.
5/9/20
5395
Without proper rest
The world is a dismal place,
Swirling in sadness.
5/11/20
5397
We need more Berlins,
Writing the songs of our land,
Lifting Americans.
5/13/20
5399
The time’s always now,
The day is always today.
The goal is this goal.
5/14/20
5400
Dwell upon thoughts that
Energize and inspire, not
Disempower you.
5/15/20
5401
You just never know
What tomorrow might bring you.
Better live today.
5/17/20
5403
Help me through the day,
Past the obstacles and pits.
This we pray, O Lord.
5/18/20
5404
May today be well –
Productive, joyful, peaceful,
– A haven from strife.
5/19/20
5405
Be there for others
As you would have them there for
You and your children.
Reflections from Shangri-La 