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Just Cry

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Without intentional effort to think positively, a person could easily find the ongoing trials and tribulations of the world too much to bear.

Sometimes I just want to cry over the horrors of present wars and the calamities of global warming, the destructive inequality between rich and poor, the failure of government to serve people before corporations, and the masses of people who believe that lying and hurting others can be justified to achieve their desired ends.

Cyndie and I plant some trees and tend to our forest to help a few local acres of the planet.

We love and care for four rescued Thoroughbred mares residing on our land.

We treat people respectfully in our occasional interactions and manifest loving intentions for family, friends, and the world at large.

Still, sometimes the pain and sorrow in the world bring tears to my eyes.

If there is any justice in this world, those who are enduring suffering will sense recognition that tears are being shared in their honor in the same way that loving energy vibrations radiate throughout the universe.

Here’s wishing that happiness and laughter actually outweigh sadness and crying around the planet as a whole.

At least then I could be crying tears of joy.

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Written by johnwhays

October 21, 2022 at 6:00 am

Crying

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there’s life and there’s death
and stupid funny things
that don’t even matter
happening all the time
all at once
it’s no wonder
we don’t know
whether to laugh or cry
ecstasy and agony
pleasure and pain
not always discernible
one from the other
when they keep coming
again and again
amid the hilarity
of laughing to tears
the same tears
that are shed
in a sorrowful cry
in the darkest of hours
or bright light of day
on the razor’s edge
separating life and death
and all those stupid funny things
that don’t seem to matter

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