We always get to dwell on one or the other.

As I step outside and look around

I notice  weeds are to be found.

And suddenly I stress at what I see

I hear a voice that speaks to me.

JUST LOOK UP I hear it say

For there is more to see today

You  must not dwell on just the weeds

For I have given more,  became the plea.

But these weeds are such an awful pain

For they make perfection unobtained

This garden must, be weed free

Or else My mind is not at ease.

But JUST LOOK UP  I hear again

And 8 ft high I start to grin

For there I see the hummingbirds

That  hovers over these silent words.

But I can’t enjoy this scene for long

For those weeds must go, how sad the song

But then again I hear it said

Forget the weeds and clear your head

So now I look out off the deck 

My back yard, feels like quite a wreck

There are many gardens everywhere

But each has things, My eyes do stare.

Sure they have nice color and plants galore

But they have some weeds, my mind did roar.

Then JUST LOOK UP it did repeat.

For now I’m looking at my feet

Now looking up I see the lake

And yes a moment I will take

For now I do not notice weeds

The ducks are swimming so at ease.

But now I see some algae there

This lake needs work, I do despair

But JUST LOOK UP was his  demand

So high I looked,  for its wings were grand.

There above the lake I saw 

A large red hawk as it’s mate did call

For this wonderful sight made sense to me 

And the algae disappeared you see

But then one night the storm did hit

And I walked outside to see the fit

For everywhere I look around

The devastation could be found

For trees and limbs were everywhere

My gardens were hardly there

Now my mind saw nothing good

This place was now just tangled wood

500 hours will all be needed 

To clear the mess, the wind had seeded

For nothing  can relax my mind 

This yard for now is so defined

Yet JUST LOOK UP, I heard again

And saw the bloom,  pink and thin

But surely you don’t really think

My mind can dwell just on the pink.

No dear sir,  Look higher still

So I bent my neck and raised my will

But only  birds flew high you see 

I saw no reason to have such glee.

Than JUST LOOK UP  a little more

I promise to make your spirits soar

And as I peered into the sun

I finally saw the infinite one

For there was God my loving friend

Who has always been there till the end

Who every day does his best 

To help us see his vision quest.

For every day we try to see

All those things that set us free

But so often we only see the bad

And because of that we feel so sad 

But JUST LOOK UP,  keep looking  there

And eventually you see what God can share

That will take away the negative

And help you find, what he can give

So next time you find yourself all down

Try this trick that I have found

When I feel stress, pain and sadness in my cup

I know that can change,  If I JUST LOOK UP.

BY THE WAY 2.5 OZ OF GLYPHOSATE WITH A GALLON OF WATER WILL KILL UP TO A THOUSAND WEEDS IN LESS THAN 20 MINUTES OF SPRAYING.

SO DO NOT STRESS OVER A BUNCH OF WEEDS.

HOWEVER I KNOW SOME WOMEN WHO IN PULLING WEEDS REDUCE STRESS

GREATLY   SO  YOU CAN CHOOSE.        Jms  2025

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