Reflections By The Bay

Saturday, January 21, 2023

January 21, 2023

Quote for Today

"Standing, as I do, in view of God and eternity. I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone."

Edith Cavell [1865-1915]

English nurse, executed by

the Germans for assisting

in to escape of British soldiers

from occupied Belgium.

[The Times October 23, 1915

Friday, January 20, 2023

January 20, 2023

LAKE TAKANASSEE

A mile all around which I walked

1,000 times – not round – not oval –

lake sized – here in West End, N.J. -

with a dozen brand new benches –

on its edge – put there in 2022.

A place to walk – a place to sit –

a place to watch the birds taking off

and landing – on the water - an airport –

a place to walk every morning or afternoon

or run in the spring, summer, fall evenings.

How long did it take folks to figure out

it was as good a place to be at as

the Atlantic Ocean just a hall mile away?

How many more places around here are

just waiting for me to walk to – to discover?

January 20, 2023

Quote for Today

"Fidel Castro is right. You do not quieten your enemy by talking with him like a priest, but by burning him."

Nicolae Ceausescu [1918-1989]

at a Communist meeting

December 17, 1989

Thursday, January 19, 2023

January 19, 2023

UNDERNEATH IT ALL

Sometimes we just have to do it.
We need to take our chances.
We need to show up and sign up.
We need to love and try to serve.
Okay. Even though underneath it all –
we’re nervous. We have the shakes.
Love is needed and we don’t think
love is there, Yet we get up and do it.
We flower. It's then we finally realize
what is underneath it all – the real me
becoming free - the real me loving me.