Wait for life
Wait for love
Wait for that miracle cure
all the while we are missing
the precious moment of NOW
life and love drift by
we miss that vivid blue sky
the strident cry of a magpie
still waiting we heave a sigh
living each moment
we capture the gift
of a life well lived
share a smile
for it’s worthwhile
free flowing healthier style
that cure may never come
but don’t succumb
to gloom or doom
each hurdle is a lesson
no use second guessing
life is here and now
… why wait!
dVerse, waiting, Sarah
Superb and put a smile on my face when I was reading your lovely and true poem of being in the Here and Now, Kate. Too good.
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thanks so much for your kind words Kamal
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Beautiful. I strive to remember and live this..in the here and now.
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you are too busy to live any other way!
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This reminds me of a refreshing conversation I had with a cancer patient who said to me “I am happy to live and I live even in the dying, if it comes it comes, right now I am here.” Yes, live in the now. What else can you really do?!
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so many waste their lives waiting for that right job/partner/house/enough money …
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We live in the “There’s never enough” world, slowly changing.
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I call it “I want more and better” totally consumer focused … hoping most will realise material goods can’t bring happiness and become more content with preserving our resources 🙂
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that moment is coming, by economics I fear.
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I think we often spend so much time waiting that we do forget to think outside the box.
I think that is one of the reasons I enjoy blogging – and seeing different places, people and views.
We don’t have to agree on everything.
There are good healers around, some are doctors some are just those who love us.
While we wait for that appointment for that second view, we can still move forward with all the hope we can muster. Positive energy is always better than the alternative.
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Well put, Kate! We all tend to “wait” to enjoy things when everything is just right…but that never happens! We need to enjoy what and who we have, right now, with all of the imperfections. That’s just life!
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What a beautiful message of how important it is to just live in the now sometimes – stop and smell the roses! 🙂 ❤
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Agreed, Kate. Many authors pen these hesitations, be they lassitude, misplaced idealism, shyness, etc. Only later do we appreciate what slipped through our fingers.
As many have observed through the millennia, looking back, we regret omissions (what we didn’t do), not commissions.
Platitudes notwithstanding, we all miss opportunities, Poems like yours are valuable, as they inspire us to be quicker the next time in seizing Chance. Thank you.
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You like to observe the world, draw conclusions and communicate with another beautiful language of poetry.
best regards
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I love this one
Every moment is so filled with awesomeness that we miss preparing for the next moment of awesomeness that we don’t enjoy if we aren’t there.
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Life never waits… it’s here,… it’s now.
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This is well written Kate . A fascinating form of waiting. Waiting on life.
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When we wait for pie in the sky… we miss the joy of pie on our plate!
Great reminder for all of us.
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Life is a gift! So much beauty to be found all around us every day! Beautiful, uplifting poem! 🙂
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So rightly said…why wait! Lovely composition…
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Life is definitely here and now… Hope you’re well 😉
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Ha ha! I love the way you flipped this prompt! The very best way to use those waiting moments – turn them into WAKING moments! Great reminder to attend to the beauty of the now. thank you.
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PS…Cooper said, “Mom! You didn’t comment on the beautiful doggie!”
So I am back here to say, “Oh what a beautiful doggie in your photo!” 🙂
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You are so so SO right! 🙂 No reason to wait! We must live each moment, celebrating today, be in now, and act on what we can do today to change the world for the better, for the future! 🙂
Wonderful poem, Kate! One of your bestest! 🙂
(((HUGS))) 🙂
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Indeed, seize the moment and live in it! 👍🏼
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An upbeat and positive message.
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Good observation – life is here and now. No need to wait for it.
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