Monday May 15 2017  AND SWOOSH GOES THE DAY!

 

SUCH JOY IT IS TO VISIT WITH A FRIEND

Kathleen Martens

May 15, 2017

www.visionsofpoetry.com

 

Oh if I could

Fulfill my notion,

If there was a way

I’d live life in slow motion.

 

So much happens

All too fast,

And super-great moments

Just don’t seem to last.

 

So much takes place

In the course of one day,

Opportunities present

In both work and play.

 

But the clock won’t stop

And my day flies by,

And as evening approaches

I heave a big sigh.

 

Such joy it is

To visit with a friend

But alas the hours

Always end.

 

So I cherish this time

As a delicate keepsake,

Graceful and beautiful

As a perfect snowflake.

 

A day well spent

In the bosom of my friend,

Due to salvation’s gift

Friendships need not end.

 

And I thank God

For the friends He gives.

Through their love,

They model how to live.

 

Perhaps eternity will be so long that it will feel as if I am living in slow motion.  Truthfully, I cannot even begin to imagine what eternities’ heaven will be like.  I do think about it quite often and my heart smiles, knowing that at my stage of life heaven could be right around the next corner. 

This day consisted of one mammogram, one workout session, one hour session with a personal trainer, then back home to prepare and share a leisurely lunch with a friend.  We talked and read to each other as we shared favorite excerpts from books.  My friend and I walked in Dave’s gardens and decided not to hike in the woods due to open toed shoes and bare legs.  All body parts must be covered to ward against tics.  Just as we settled in the chairs beside the fireplace we looked outside and realized that rain was falling straight down.  And that made us doubly happy that we were not in the woods. 

And now it is time to get ready for bed as I have another extremely early start tomorrow morning.  I have a 7:00 a.m. car appointment which will take one hour and then another trip to the gym.  I am not a clock watcher unless I must be on time for an event.  If my day is my own there is no such thing as a clock (unless I am cooking).  I have so thoroughly adapted to living in the moment.  And it is a place I love to live!  But, as long as I live in this earthly body all good things comes to an end, and thus it is with this lovely day.

Thank You God for friendship.

Thank You for the peace and joy that You have placed in my heart.

Thank You for the delicious food You provided this day.

Thank You for the hot water in my shower.

 

GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS YOU.  MAY YOU BE BLESSED WITH MANY GOOD FRIENDS.