Be a Parent, Not a Buddy

Be a Parent, Not a Buddy

3-8-16

Tuesday

Child and Parent Day

Be a Parent, Not a Buddy

Buddies are a dime a dozen

Parents

They’re a rare breed

They’re one of a kind

Even a step-parent needs to act as a parent

Parents and step-parents are not buddies

Parents are guides

Their job is to teach their child

That is their responsibility

Parents are the leaders of the family

Their  job is to lovingly teach their child

How to be a good person

Buddies

They don’t raise families

They’re our peers

They can’t teach like parents

If you want to teach your child

Act like a parent, be a parent

Parents

Have the responsibility

To lovingly teach their child

Their task is not only to teach by word of mouth

But by their example

Both you and your child have much to learn

A child is special, so is their parent

Dr. Tony

Love More, Do Less

Love More, Do Less

3-7-16

Monday

Love Day

Love More, Do Less

We do too much, we love too little

Maybe we don’t value love enough

That’s undoubtedly true

Let’s change that

Love more!

We tend to choose the concrete

We become material persons

We overlook the spiritual

We very often

Don’t even know it exists

It’s topsy-turvy

Our world is inverted

The material is on top of the mountain

The spiritual is under the mountain

It’s hidden away in some cave

Don’t let the Spirit be forgotten

Nor love

They are of too much value

To be relegated to the underworld

Love is the sign of the Spirit, the sign of God

True love

Is evidence of God

Where has it gone?

Where is God?

If you find Love, you will find God

Loving and doing

Let’s combine the two

Let’s put love on top of the mountain

And let the Spirit of Love

Guide us in all we do

Dr. Tony

Spend Your Day With God

Spend Your Day With God

3-6-16

Sunday

Spirituality Day

Spend your Day with God

What would you do?

If you could spend the whole day with God

Have you ever thought of that?

What a day that would be

Or would it?

A day with God

Just one day

Would you know what to say?

Would you know what to do?

What to expect?

What if you didn’t know God?

What then?

Would you rue that day?

If you hardly knew him

Or would you be embarrassed?

Or would you say?

What a day this will be!

I can’t wait to see You

I am enthralled

I’m honored

What would you bring to that day?

What could you say?

What would you do?

Make a plan

And do it every day

He’s with you all the time

So say it, do it

Enjoy it

And what a day it will be!

It’s today and everyday

 Dr Tony

A Conversation with God

A Conversation with God

3-5-16

Saturday

Happiness Day

 

A Conversation with God

A prayer and a listening

That’s a conversation with God

It takes two, not just you

If you’re not listening

There won’t be a conversation

When you speak to God

You have to listen to call it a conversation

Here’s how you do it

You speak and you become silent

That way you can listen for God’s response

And then you wait for His reply

It may happen now or in a day or seven

Or even more

But He surely will reply

If you are listening

There will be an answer

Perhaps an awareness or an understanding

Or the feeling of a light bulb going on in your head

But an answer will come

If you are listening

Now that’s really a prayer

It’s called a conversation with God

Dr. Tony

Find Your Positive thoughts

Find Your Positive thoughts

3-4-16

Friday

Healthy Living Day

Find Your Positive Thoughts

They are powerful

You know that

They can change the world

And with them you can change your world

Now is the time

To find the power of your thinking

It resides within you

In your positive thoughts

Let no other thoughts confuse you

They can poison your mind

And your life

Beware!

Find your positive thoughts

Nurture them

They are the only ones that will matter

Reject the rest

Find the beautiful thoughts

They are the positive ones

No others will do

They are your powerhouse

With them

You will create a beautiful world

The world you deserve

Where love, peace and joy are found

Go to your world of positive thoughts within you

And you will become the creator

Of your own happiness

What a magnificent world you will create

Dr. Tony

My Anger Hurts Me

My Anger Hurts Me

3-3-16

Thursday

Caring for Self Day

My Anger Hurts Me

Anger

It can hurt me badly

And today is Thursday, caring for self day

Becoming angry

That’s no way to care for myself

It’s the opposite way

I am hurting myself

Anger

I have to beware of it

I have to keep out of its way

Or it will destroy me

It never will help

It will poison me

If it becomes a habit

Anger

If I’m angry I created it

No one could possibly make me angry

Unless I let them

I am the author of my anger

I must take ownership of it

If I am to be responsible

Anger

It can rule me if I let it

It can become my master

It always involves negativity

It’s never a positive way to deal with life

Don’t become an angry man or woman

It doesn’t suit you

Dr. Tony

The Art of Forgiveness

The Art of Forgiveness

3-2-16

Wednesday

Relationship Day

The Art of Forgiveness

It’s an art

A creative act with beautiful consequences

Not because another human being is forgiven

But because the forgiver is freed

From the burden Of holding on to all that anger and negativity

What could be more beautiful than that?

Forgiveness doesn’t say

“You were right”

And the forgiven one does not even have to know

That you have forgiven them

The benefit is all yours

You no longer are the captive bird

You are free of your cage

No longer do you need to carry that burden

What a talent it is to forgive

You don’t need to be that captive bird

Nor do you need to carry that burden

Forgiving is a gift you give to yourself

You didn’t wrong another person

You wronged yourself

Now you are free

And as a result of the forgiveness

You will likely feel calmer

It’s a relief. It’s freedom

I can move on

Forgiveness means seeing the light of God in everyone

Regardless of their behavior

It brings peace to us

And Peace to the world

Much of the above is taken from previous poems  of mine on forgiveness

Dr. Tony