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ON RAISING CHILDEN (THOUGHT ONE)

8/30/2012

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                                                    ON RAISING CHILDREN (THOUGHT ONE)

                                                        Tooth fairies, princesses and knights,
                                                        jolly little elves...

                                                        Oh simple pleasures hold sway
                                                        I love to watch our children...
                                                        dream and play
                                                        dream and play.

                                                        What will you take
                                                        for your children this day,
                                                        the piper cried.
                                                                
                                                        Why the world doesn't hold
                                                        enought silver and gold
                                                        with which to pay
                                                        for our sweet angels...

                                                        who dream and play
                                                        who dream and play.
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ON MOVING

8/30/2012

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By the time a person reaches
                                                               the age of 40, he has had plenty 
                                                               of opportunity to move from one 
                                                               town to another.

                                                               There is something to be said for
                                                               moving, just as there is in staying
                                                               put.

                                                               Moving, above all, gives us the 
                                                               opportunity to start anew, to start
                                                               afresh.

                                                               Moving sigals the beginning of a new
                                                               and exciting adventure in which...
                                                                
                                                               New fortunes may be found
                                                               Old wounds may be healed
                                                               New friendships may be formed.

                                                               It is good that we have to move
                                                               occasionally, for it reaffirms the
                                                               eternal truth that this earth with
                                                               all its worldliness...is not our final
                                                               home.
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DISLOCATED

8/30/2012

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                                                                                          DISLOCATED

                                                     Many years ago when we were highly active 
                                                     in sports, we developed the quaint ability to 
                                                     dislocate one or both of our shoulders. 
                                                     To dislocate means "to put out of place."
                                                      or "to displace from normal connections."
                                                                    
                                                      Pa
inful as a dislocated shoulder is, it is 
                                                      diminutive in comparison to the anguish that
                                                      oft chafes our souls as we realize that our
                                                      thoughts or actions have been displaced
                                                      from their normal and beautiful connection
                                                      to the mind of God.

                                                      A displaced shoulder is painful, alright, 
                                                      but a dislocated soul is even worse.
                                                      (Posted in August, 2017)
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TOUGH GOING

8/25/2012

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                                                  TOUGH GOING

                                                   When the going gets tough...
                                                   Walk slower
                                                   Speak softer
                                                   Think higher
                                                   Listen patiently
                                                   Offer kindness
                                                   Feel gently
                                                   Rest quietly
                                                   Meditate serenely
                                                   Seek harmony
                                                   Love humanity
                                                   Live better and last longer

                                            
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THOUGHTS FARTHEST OUT

8/25/2012

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                                                            THOUGHTS FARTHEST OUT

                                                          It is a rather interesting paradox
                                                          that our thoughts farthest out
                                                          are usually conceived from that
                                                          creative Spirit farthest in.

                                                          In this age of reason and rush,
                                                          the power of relaxation and reflection
                                                          is seldom understood or utilized.
                                                          Instead, our minds race with clamor 
                                                          rather than with calmness and tranquility.

                                                          We have been prone to meet every 
                                                          problem with undue pressure, and
                                                          agitation, rather than with peaceful 
                                                          contemplation, meditation, and prayer.

                                                          The social pressures of our time have
                                                          distorted and hidden from our view
                                                          the creative power that may occur 
                                                          when our inner thoughts are aligned 
                                                          with the thoughts of God.
                                                        
                                                          The ancient promise still stands...
                                                          and is for all who will...
                                                          "Be still and know..." (Psalm 46:10)
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IN THE RUNNING

8/25/2012

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                                                                 IN THE RUNNING

                                                                                In 1964, seventy-two year-old
                                                       William Willis ventured on a raft-
                                                       drifting journey from Peru to Australia,
                                                       covering 10,000 miles in 204 days.

                                                       Commented Mr. Willis, "I wanted to
                                                       show that a man past sixty-five is still
                                                       in the running if he wants to be."

                                                       Yes, Mr. Willis, every man and woman
                                                       is in the running for as long as they
                                                       choose to stay in the race.
                                                       And, of course, the race is not always
                                                       to the swift, but, to those...    
                                                       
                                                       who persist and persevere
                                                       who get their second wind
                                                       who continue to grow and go
                                                       onward and upward.


                                                       Age has little to do with staying 
                                                       in the running.

                                                       Desire and will power...those are
                                                       the keys.

                                                       
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SOUL HEALERS

8/19/2012

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                                                                        SOUL HEALERS

                                                             "The soul," wrote Dostoevsky,
                                                             "is healed by being with children."

                                                             We have viewed many significant
                                                            
quotes in our lifetime, but for us,
                                                             personally, few could contain more
                                                            
significance than this one.

                                                             For through our four children, and
                                                             twelve grandchildren, we have witnessed 
                                                             many healings of
our mind and spirit.

                                                             For our children and grandchildren have,
                                                             again
and again, radiated that child-like
                                                             faith, hope, beauty, love and trust
                                                             that every adult searches for, and longs
                                                             to find within himself and his fellow-man.
                                                       
                                                             "And a little child shall lead them..."

                                                             And, they shall be healed. 

                                                            (First published August 18. 2012)

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BIRDS OF A FEATHER

8/19/2012

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                                                                      BIRDS OF A FEATHER


                                                          "Associate with men of good quality,"
                                                        
 wrote George Washington, "if you esteem 
                                                          your own reputation;i
t is better to be alone
                                                          than in bad company."


                                                          A generation later, Thomas Carlyle said 
                                                          "Show me the man you honor
and I will know
                                                          what kind of man
you are."

                                                          Who are the men (and women, too) whom 
                                                          we honor this day? With whom are willing
                                                          
to associate in a trusting and loyal way?

                                                          When we have left the company of some of
                                                         
our "friends"...are we the better for having 
                                                          been in their 
fellowship?

                                                          Sooner or later, we all have the tendency 
                                                          to flock together with
birds of a similar nature.

                                                          With whom shall we soar this day? The vultures
                                                          or the eagles?


                                                          Perhaps it is better to fly alone than to fly low.
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BALLOONS

8/19/2012

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                                                                           BALLOONS


                                                            A few years ago, as we began to
                                                            blow up some balloons for our children,
                                                            
we discovered that one of them had
                                                           
 developed a pin-point leak.
        
                                                            
In this incident, a punctured balloon
                                                            was of minor consequence.
                                                            However, in terms of the betterment
                                                            of our personality, it is occasionally 
                                                            necessary that some of our favorite
                                                            
balloons be punctured.

                                                           
 For instance, the balloon...
                                                            of vanity
                                                            
of hostility
                                                            of cliquishness
                                                            
of self-righteousness.

                                                            And, at the same time, there
                                                            are other balloons that deserve 
                                                            to
be blown up to their full measure...

                                                            The balloon of tenderness
                                                            
The balloon of  empathy
                                                            
The balloon of  laughter
                                                            
The balloon of  trust
                                                            
The balloon of  love.

                                                            Now, we have a few highly significant
                                                            
comments to make on this subject.
                .                                           First of all...(POP) !!!
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FACES

8/8/2012

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                                                                          FACES


                                                         An unknown author has written,
                                                        
"The gods we worship write their names
                                                         on our faces."

                                                         What kind of face shall we wear today?

                                                         The face of fear...fear that stops us
                                                         from growing in love, and stops us from
                                                         sharing that love?

                                                         The face of anger...anger that disorganizes
                                                         and disentigrates our personalities, our lives,
                                                         and our homes into unrecognizable messes?

                                                        
The face of condemnation...condemnation
                                                         that degrades ourselves and others and binds
                                                         us down into the pit of self-pity?

                                                         Let us not wear any of these faces of gloom
                                                         and
doom.
                                                         Instead, let us remember that we, all of us,
                                                         everyone, have been created in the image of
                                                         a loving Heavenly Father.
                                                         And, He wears a face of joy, peace, tenderness,
                                                         forgiveness and love.

                                                         In God, the frown does not abound...
                                                         And, in us, it is our laughter He is after.


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