Do-It-Yourself Happiness Kit

This past winter as the harsh winds

Blew their chill and cold

Into my little Texas homestead

I would gather up my courage

And make my way to the mailbox,

Where inside I would find

Catalogues of all kinds ...

Offering things to buy or to send for ...

Too bad the winter catalogues

Didn't offer for sale

A "How-To" kit

To make your own happiness!

by Linda Amos

Ode to the Rush

Well, I woke up this morning.

I rushed through breakfast.

I rushed to work.

I rushed through work to get to lunch.

I rushed at lunch to get back to work.

I rushed home to cook dinner.

I rushed at dinner to clean the kitchen,

I rushed in the kitchen to get to bed.

I rushed to sleep to get up again.

Maybe tomorrow I'll find time for God.

Tomorrow never came; I died in my sleep.

I had no time for God.

Now God has no time for me.

by Katrina Edwards