Best Philosophytoday Poems
I am very stressed today.
I sat at my desk today and kept thinking about all the things I need to do then made a list of
them all. All day I spent the morning worrying about the things I needed to do and wondered
how I was going to finish them all. So, I made a list of the steps for how I going to complete
each thing I listed, then wondered how I was going to complete all those steps. Now, I'm
putting all the steps in order so it makes sense and makes it easier to get all the things done
that I need to do. I was surprised when I read the list I made and found that the one thing I
wanted to do today was merely to finish something. But that one small task had twenty-
seven steps. Yes, it's been a VERY stressful day.
I have mountains of debts to repay
With my feeble, shrunk resources
Will I ever be competent to defray?
My will to settle incessantly forces
I repent today why did I borrow?
Why did I take kindness of friends?
Why I needed compassion to endure sorrow?
The strain of generosity never ends
My mother’s nursing and nurturing me
My sister teaching me how to walk
My teachers’ introduction to reality
Debts multiplied, I have a huge stock
My grandma’s lap, a magnetic nursery
The next door girl who used to invite
My father’s shoulders that lifted me
And many times increased my height
What I am today and tomorrow I’ll be
Is the debt of my loved ones and of society
To a great extent, to an enormous degree
I’m a prisoner of conscience, I’m not free
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Winner of Award in Members Competition of Nancy Jones, GRATITUDE, October 26, 2011
No deeds today do I control,
Except those that are mine.
No thoughts or words can I withhold,
Except those that are mine.
No steps can I take right and true,
Except those that are mine.
No prayers today do I need,
Except those that are thine.