Sunday Sabbath November 13, 2016  AN UNEXERCISED BRAIN

 

FERTILIZE IT WELL

Kathleen Martens

November 13, 2016

www.visionsofpoetry.com

 

An unexercised brain

Can become quite lazy,

With no workout

Thoughts become hazy.

 

Lollygag awhile

And memory gets slow,

And before you realize it,

There’s not much that you know.

 

So be careful little mind

As to what you do,

And what you think,

And what you pursue.

 

Challenge your thoughts.

Read some books.

Clean out the cobwebs,

And all the nooks.

 

Keep your head clear

And your thinking sober.

You’ll have a greater chance

Of becoming older.

 

Tease it, squeeze it,

Do math in your head,

Decipher what you can

Until you are dead.

 

Eat lots of nutrients

Both micro and macro

That your brain is alert

While fresh thoughts grow.

 

Figure out puzzles

And think lots of thoughts

That you lose not concentration

And become quite fraught.

 

Your brain needs stimulus

Fresh air and good food,

And a good night’s rest

Gives your brain a fine mood.

 

Exercising your body

Is being good to your brain,

That it be refreshed daily,

So it is never drained.

 

Think of the good

That you can do for others,

Keep brain unencumbered

So thoughts will not smother.

 

With less clutter in your head

You will live smarter.

The freedoms you’ll enjoy,

Such a great starter.

 

So be careful little brain

For the thoughts you think,

And to fertilize it well…

Talking with God is your link!

 

I wasn’t quite certain what poem I would come up with today so I just rattled my head around a bit and this one tumbled off of a hidden shelf deep within the recesses of my mind.  Perhaps I need to do a little rearranging in the brain department.  It seems to get quite crowded in my head at times and at other times it feels a bit empty.

 

GOD BLESS YOU THIS BRIGHT NIGHT OF THE BIG MOON.  THERE WILL NOT BE ANOTHER NIGHT LIKE THIS ONE FOR ANOTHER 34 YEARS.  THE MOON IS CLOSER TO THE EARTH ON THIS NIGHT THAN IT HAS BEEN SINCE 1948.  IT IS WITHIN 222,000 MILES OF THE EARTH.  IT WILL LOOK 14% LARGER AND 30% BRIGHTER.  THE MOON ROSE THIS AFTERNOON AT 4:39 P.M. CENTRAL TIME IN WISCONSIN AND SETS AT 5:21 A.M. TOMORROW MORNING CENTRAL TIME IN WISCONSIN.  IT WILL APPEAR THE LARGEST AT ITS SETTING TIME.  IF YOUR AREA IS CLEAR OF OVERCAST AND CLOUDS BE SURE TO TAKE TIME TO ENJOY THIS PHENOMENON.  DAVE AND I WILL HAVE BOTH REACHED OUR 100^TH BIRTHDAYS BEFORE IT HAPPENS AGAIN.  I WATCHED IT RISE A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND IT WAS A GLORIOUS SIGHT!  I PLAN TO BE UP EARLY SO AS TO SEE IT SET.  I HAVE DUBIOUS THOUGHTS AS TO WHETHER I’LL BE AROUND TO SEE IT AGAIN IN 34 YEARS.  MAYBE I’LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT FROM HEAVEN.