Looking.

Goldfinch60



 

In all our lives we keep on looking,

Looking for those many things

That we feel we need.

The search goes on and on,

Those things we want

Never seem to be there.

But what we need to realise

Is that it is important  that we look

We look at what we’ve got,

What we have got in our lives,

And not at what we haven’t.

  • Author: Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: November 30th, 2021 02:10
  • Comment from author about the poem: Just some words.
  • Category: Reflection
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  • spilleronsheet

    So true
    Answers some questions that keep me awake
    I shall not let go of what I have
    Maybe I may not have it tomorrow
    Thanks a lot dear Andy

    • Goldfinch60

      We must keep and love the things we have in our lives spilleronsheet, they are so very important to us.

      Andy

    • dusk arising

      And what we have achieved in overcoming all those bricks that life threw our way..... How we as elders take pride in being what we have become.... How we have the wherewithall to accept what is ahead for us...

      • Goldfinch60

        So true d a. Experience has shown us the way to go.

        Andy

      • Vamsi Sudha

        Yes Gold !! Before we complain of what we don't have, lets pay gratitude for what we Do have !!
        Said popularly , I complained of Bad shoes, till I saw a Man with No legs !! Strikes me always ...

        • Goldfinch60

          There are things we see that make us so grateful for what we have. Thank you for your words VS.

          Andy

        • orchidee

          A fine write Gold.

        • Rozina

          This is really true. Thank you.

          • Goldfinch60

            Thank you Rozina, much appreciated.

            Andy

          • Lorna

            And we've had so much haven't we Andy! Lucky lucky lucky - thanks for reminding me......makes my heart feel ready for the day.....

            • Goldfinch60

              My absolute pleasure Lorna, yes we have had so much pleasure in our lives that we can look back on them with love.

              Andy

            • L. B. Mek

              Amen!
              (look at the warmth
              in your home, before
              gazing, wishfully
              upon those greener mirages
              at your double glazed
              and rain stained, window)

              • Goldfinch60

                Very true Mek. Thank you.

                Andy

              • John Prophet

                “We look at what we’ve got,

                What we have got in our lives,

                And not at what we haven’t.”

                Absolutely correct!

                • Goldfinch60

                  Thank you John, much appreciated.

                  Andy

                • Neville


                  anyone who tries to formulate an argument against these words clearly dont know their bill from their tail feathers .. nice one Andy .............. N

                  • Goldfinch60

                    Thank you Neville for flying into a wonderful world.

                    Andy

                  • Caring dove

                    Your right …. But I think that if and when we go through difficult things , it’s then that we want the more … sadness trauma , for example we know we deserve more than that . And because we are in pain , we want the ‘ more ‘ … always something to be grateful for tho

                    Nice poem anyhow )

                    • Goldfinch60

                      Life can be that way but I have come through the passing of my wife and the way I look at it this way, when we lose someone we love, we must learn not to live without them, but to live with the love they left behind.

                      Andy

                    • Garth Rakumakoe

                      A truth of life. The half full/empty glass. Very true Andy.



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