Valuing the Skills of Appreciation


by June Stepansky - Date: 2007-03-14 - Word Count: 133 Share This!

It was sunny

just a moment before,

then clouds, thunder,

flashes of lightening

through the rain.

Just before

the sun reappeared,

a young man,

leaving his office,

was struck by

lightening

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We don't always pay attention to the vulnerability of our lives as we move from day to day taking care of our responsibilities, until something happens to disrupt the usual pattern. Then, because of the disruption, we can be made aware of the details of our lives that we haven't noticed before; the people around us that we love; all those seemingly small things that happen each day to make our lives worthwhile.

We all want to improve the quality of our lives and make our futures better, but we also need to appreciate what we already have in the present that gives each day its value and importance.


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June Stepansky is a published poet and writer who now has a monthly self-help web-site on the internet.
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