In the New Year, let’s resolve
to get less stressed, upset, anxious
about things over which we have no control.
Lets have a narrower focus on our lives,
loving and helping our family and friends,
making our community a better place to live,
to create peace and contentment.
In the New Year, let’s resolve
to pay less attention to depressing stories
on TV, in magazines and newspapers,
and to stop focusing on what we want
that we haven’t got,
instead of appreciating
the many blessings we do have.
In the New Year, let’s look for the good.
We may have to search
through a mass of negative media,
but the good is there,
all around us.
We wish for you a New Year filled with good,
engulfed in serenity and happiness!
Marion and Rob.
ps. The peom is not written bij us, but Marion knew it already for a long time
The picture above the poem is made on the beach of Eftalou where many refugees arrive on Lesbos.
The picture below was made during the New year of 2014.