NUMERO UNO
LOOKING NOT THROUGH YOUR EYES -EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE A PART OF ME,
I CAN’T DO THAT
BUT LOOKING INTO YOUR YOUNG EYES AND REMEMBERING
THAT OLD SAYING,’THE FUTURE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT’
AND THEN FEELING THE FULL MANIFEST FORCE OF OPTIMISM
AND KNOWING THE TRUTH OF THE WISE POET WHO OBSERVED THAT
“A NEW WORLD IS ONLY A NEW MIND’
ALSO REALIZING THAT – YES! IT WILL BE YOU AND YOUR MIND THAT MAKES
ALL THINGS NEW AGAIN
NO FEAR
NO SUFFERING
NO EXPLOITATION
BUT INSTEAD, A FUTURE WHERE YOUR GENERATION AND ALL GENERATIONS
ENJOY AND PROSPER IN AN ABUNDANCE OF MAGNANIMOUS SPIRIT AND
WEALTHY SOULFULLNESS
WITH AN OVERFLOW OF GENEROSITY AND CO-OPERATION
I’M LOOKING INTO YOUR EYES TODAY LITTLE JACKSON BOY
BUT I’M ALSO NOTICING THAT LITTLE MISCHIEVIOUS SMILE/SMIRK OF YOURS
AND IT BECOMES VERY OBVIOUS TO ME, THAT YOU KNOW SOMETHING
THAT I DON’T
BUT YOU’RE NOT TELLING ANYONE – NOT YET ANYWAY
THAT’S OKAY – THAT’S IN THE FUTURE – THE FUTURE THAT YOU CREATE
THE FUTURE WHERE YOU HAVE THE POWER
THE FUTURE WHERE YOUR WONDEROUS, BEAUTIFUL, MAGNIFICANT POTENTIAL
CONTINUES TO COME ALIVE
AND TRULY MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE
THAN IT EVER WAS BEFORE WE WERE BLESSED WITH YOUR VITALITY
YOUR WONDER, YOUR LOVE
BLESSED WITH YOU – HERE WITH US!
Poet and writer Philip Gounis wrote this for his Grandson’s first birthday – View more at www.philipgounis.com
When I first heard Phil read this aloud, it filled me with a kind of optimism for the future. With each new mind a new world, making all things new again. But it was the kind of optimism for what is possible only if we are mindful of the where we came from and what is possible for the future.
For a new mind, a young mind, everything is an adventure…and we are all natural-born explorers.