The Moon of the Falling Leaves

 

Those golden days of Autumn

when Summer sheds her leaves,

That turn to gold and drift like stars

to the ground beneath the trees.

 

Birds begin their Southward flight

below swirling clouds of fleece.

Like a clock, the world unwinds;

the days are filled with peace.

 

Mountains are ablaze with colors

of an Indian-blanket hue.

The sun sets in a purple haze

behind a ridge of cobalt blue.

 

Darkness falls without a sound,

as the evening shadows grow.

Stardust mingles with curls of smoke.

The pumpkin moon hangs low. 

 

The Moon of the Falling Leaves,

a time to pause in thoughts profound,

and marvel at the beauty of an Autumn world,

painted by The Master's hand.

 

 

Usually I delete those 'read-this-and-forward-it-to-ten-people emails that I get hundreds of every day, but this one was a keeper. I thought it was so funny I just had to share it with y'all. It sounds like something I would do. It is supposed to be true!

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This is a true account recorded in the Police Log of Sarasota,
Florida--lol~!

An elderly Florida lady did her shopping and, upon returning to her car, found four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle. She dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, proceeding to scream at the top of her voice, "I have a gun, and I know how to use it! Get out of the car!" The four men didn't wait for a second invitation. They got out and ran likemad.

The lady, somewhat shaken, then proceeded to load her shopping bags into the back of the car and got into the driver's seat. She was so shaken that she could not get her key into the ignition. She tried and tried, and then it dawned on her why... For the same reason she did not understand why there was a football, a Frisbee and two 12 packs in the front seat...A few minutes later, she found her own car parked four or five spaces farther down.

She loaded her bags into the car and drove to the police station to report her mistake. The sergeant to whom she told the story couldn't stop laughing. He pointed to the other end of the counter, where four pale men were reporting a car jacking by a mad, elderly woman described as white, less than five feet tall, glasses, curly white hair and carrying a large handgun.

No charges were filed.

MORAL OF THE STORY?

If you're going to have a Senior Moment, make it memorable.
 

GENIE IN THE LAMP

By: Joseph J. Mazzella   

     How many of us at one time or another have wished that those fairy tales where true and that we could somehow find a magic lamp with a genie in it? How many of us have wished that we could have those three wishes that would change our lives? How many of us have wished that we could finally get all that money and all that stuff so that we could finally be happy? I hate to say it, but I was one of those genie wishers for a long time myself. I finally realized, however, that I didn’t need a genie in a lamp because I already had an angel in my mind.

     That angel had always been there trying to get my attention and show me the truth about life and love, but for a long time I was too busy wishing for a genie to hear him. I was waiting to get all of that stuff so that I could finally be happy. One glorious day, though, I finally heard what my angel had been whispering all those years. "More stuff isn’t going to make you happy. Being happy is going to make you happy." It was then that I realized that I wasn’t just taking the long way to joy, I was also taking the wrong way to joy.

     We don’t need a genie in a lamp to bring us joy. We don’t need three magic wishes to bring us happiness. All we need to do is listen to the angel in our minds. That angel is telling us everyday just how much God loves us and wants us to be happy. That angel is telling us everyday that we can choose love, joy, and oneness with God as well. That angel is telling us everyday that we are here to do God’s will by sharing that love and joy with the world.

     Shove the genie back in the lamp then. God didn’t bring you here to sit around waiting for your world to get better. God brought you here to make the world better yourself. Share your love, joy, talent, and energy with the world. Create your own happiness everyday with what you think, feel, and do. Listen to that angel in your mind and become an angel in your own life.

Sorry folks. Lucy made me do this. It WAS fun though. I am looking forward to hearing a lot more Southern accents here at the stream. It'll make me feel better. If you need instructions, Lucy has made it really simple to do.