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Premium Member A Fair Exchange

 your output 
                 to the universe 
             comes back to you 
     like a "Return to Sender" mail. 
 
              if you treat people 
  with utmost respect and dignity, 
              they'll reciprocate; 
         treasure in, treasure out.

           the same can be said 
               of maltreatment, 
        it's always repaid in kind; 
         garbage in, garbage out. 

                 it's a fair trade, 
                    every time. 
       in this cruel, savage world, 
 sprinkle in a handful of tenderness. 

         one is infinitely better off 
               trading meanness 
                   with kindness. 
            it's much easier being... 

             a good human being. 
           it's far from expensive;
               buy into it, it costs 
                less than a penny!

Awakening Words

I
Aw (OR: Ahhhh!)
Ake ( ache?)
A W  A K E
- not a Wake, infinitely better -
awake again this day, a miracle! O gratitude
Awaking (a choice to make)
Repeat the past, Recycle Me, or At Last
Recall Living Words
II

Awaking each day. Stop recycling away
Especially hurts. Words like swords. 
Say:
I thank the Universe
In halting prayers or living Verse
To wake up is simply an Awakening
This should be happening
Each time we are born again from naps
Jesus: You have changed me: With me in the gaps

III
The great choice before us each day
Is to begin with "I Pray -
I will be grateful today
No one owes me this 24-hour New Day
Addictions, old worries. Away!
Words of Life, think them, not of yesterday
The Universe is waiting to blow us away" shalom shalom


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