An Exercise In My Mind

I have this exercise I do…it’s an exercise in my mind… I do it whenever I feel I’m losing may ability to be kind. I simply look around me from the ground to the sky above and I begin to list in my life…all the things there are to love. I love my wife, my children, my grandchildren… looking at old photographs. I love watching people holding hands and anytime a baby laughs. I love the moon, the stars, the clouds, the sun that hover in the sky I love ice cream, cake and cookies… I love peach cobbler, and apple pie. I love animals that fly, run, swim, slither, crawl or hop around I love animals that are loud…and those that never make a sound. I love insects…ladybugs and moths…butterflies and bees. I love all the different flowers and any kind of tree. I love a hot summer day and a snow white winter freeze I love the oceans and the mountains…the rivers and the seas. I love drinking water, root beer and an occasional sweet iced tea. I love watching cooking shows, British mysteries and reruns on TV. I love to laugh sometimes so hard I shake from my shoulders to my belly. I love picnics…eating sandwiches made with peanut butter and jelly. I never get to finish my list because by this time in my mind… I’ve already forgotten what it was that made me feel unkind..