Now

The most fulfilling thing you can do for your tender spirit is to feel the essence of now.

--By Ron Cooper

Mystery Patient

Dear Mystery Patient,

Thanks for cancelling your appointment at our doctor's office today. I was able to slip in at 9:00 a.m. and get the treatment I needed.

It was busy at the office due to the nasty cold-and-flu season besetting us. Our doctor was completely booked today. If you hadn't canceled, I would have been forced to go to the Immediate Care Center.

It was a simple, thoughtful thing that you did--calling ahead yesterday so that someone else could fill your slot.

One last thing, Mystery Patient: I hope you canceled because you are feeling better....stay well!

Ron Cooper

Hold the moment

Hold the moment
In close embrace
Feel your heart beat
In a soulful place

Be here
Be now

Hold this moment

--By Ron Cooper

Be the light

Be the light
That shines aglow
Be the light
That loves
That knows
Love

--By Ron Cooper

Lovable

Be lovable...that's great advice. There is a real integrity in the human heart. It is and will always be for its own sake. Lucky we are if we are appreciated and even loved for who we are. But above all, be your own best loving self.

--By Ron Cooper

Potential

Energy is finite, potential is infinite.

--By Ron Cooper

Sunshine

It feels good to give.

I like to choose a single word and build a poem or story around it. Today, I asked my waitress to tell me her favorite word. It was "sunshine." Seeing her light up in saying "sunshine" sparked my creativity.

I wrote:

"Sunshine, nature's smile, peeks through the darkened day, lighting up my world. The sun shines if only for a glorious moment. The gathering clouds may swallow up the welcome rays but, determined, the sunshine reappears and defeats the gloom. Welcome, sunshine!"

I gave the waitress the poem as I got up to pay my bill.

It feels good to give.

--By Ron Cooper