The 17th-century English clergyman and historian Thomas Fuller once said He that plants trees loves others besides himself. I'm no garden enthusiast nor do I believe I have green fingers. Nor can it be said I always love others besides myself. But I would like to believe my wife and I are spreading some love … Continue reading Self Care — With Indoor Plants And A Slow Juicer
Fantasy Fiction Feelings Entering a world Of monsters and dragonsWitches and warlocksHeroes and legendsBuilding up a rich storehouse Of fantasy fiction feelingsLearning about life through tales and loresShoring up unknown feelingsSo we know how to respond Next time in non-fiction realm That's the power of storyThat's why fiction existsIt's what we need to understand lifeIts … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #258
Famous author and Oxford University Professor CS Lewis once remarked: Friendship is born at the moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.' I'm guessing, though I'm sure it's not a stretch, that he must also have had community in mind when he said that. I … Continue reading Sharing The Power Of Community Building & Beholding
The Inheritance Of Loss Lately I've been made to realise a conclusionI've long spoken of but also avoidedThat my days of imparting seem numberedFaster than a meteor shower Once I thought this was me foreverOnce I believed a Higher PowerHad called me to this noble causeEternal. But now All's left now is an Inheritance of … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #257
Recently, I wrote about leaving the teaching profession within the next five to seven years. Little did I expect that an email I received three days ago would make me rethink this timeline. It seems I was five to seven years off the mark. I should in fact leave the profession a whole lot sooner! … Continue reading Musings On Teaching Challenges #2: Fast-Tracking My Post-Teaching Future
The Bell of Hope Ring forth the BellThe Bell of JoyThe Bell of HopeThe Bell of Life Ring forth in 18 months timeBecauseIt means we survived The visits Every three weeksTo receive the sister dripsPaclitaxel and Carboplatin Not forgettingThe lone rangerBevacizumab(Can't they have simpler names?!) We will put them upTemporarilyAs long as they workTo ...keep … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #256
To my dear sons Today, I want to share with you some thoughts I have about a recent horrific tragedy -- the murder of a man named Charlie Kirk. This happened when Mr Kirk was holding an open-tent discussion forum in front of his family and thousands of students in the Utah Valley University ten … Continue reading Sons, Speak Up And Be Brave! This World Needs You To
Never Give Up! Time to begin againTime to pick upTo start againTo rise up Feeling listlessNot an optionDon't know what to doNot an option Time to read againThinking well againTime to write againContribute again Feeling usefulSimply a mustFeeling hopefulSimply to trust The proverbial silver liningThat's never very farIf I just pick myself upAnd look to … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #255
Three days ago, a father's community chat group I'm in was unusually abuzz for much of the day. The reason? Enthusiastic discussions over the excessive emphasis on academic performance of kids in our country. I did not weigh in on this age-old discussion in my nation. I was thinking: How could I? My son's been … Continue reading Should I Get My Son Off The Academic Track Now?
The Gift of Friends How does one find the wordsTo describe the gift of Friends? Like summer rain after A blistering day Or Fall surprising the month of May What is one to makeOf the enduring love ofFriends? Like thumbing out stressAcupointsOr tight hugs over A cup of Green Tea The gift of friendsSuch a … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #254
