Childish

Berry Picking

Prompt and encourage your people to 

Walk, run and play.

For all of their big brains and apparent capabilities, 

The grown ones often forget how.

Children do not.

You’d think the older ones would

Know and understand

More than the younger ones.

People are a mystery.

Sometimes you just can’t figure them out.

That’s why we need to

Love Unconditionally.

-Chuy

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Weights

Outbound

Life doesn’t happen by itself.

You must seek out opportunities to add adventure and joy, wonder and solitude,

Service and commitment, play, each in sufficient measure.

Add at every chance to that side of the Great Scale,

And you will tip it in your favor.

-Chuy

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Heartstrings

Julie, Ellie, Mam and Chuy

There’s a downside to loving, caring.

Every time you leave, you miss those you love.

When they worry, you worry.

When they suffer, you suffer.

When they cry, you cry.

The heart is akin to a finely crafted musical instrument,

And these are the Heartstrings.

A beautiful instrument can make the somber sounds of heartache,

Woe, and mourning.

The good news is, it can also play

The Most Beautiful Music

You will ever hear.

-Chuy

 

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Gusto

First Frost

Eat ginger snaps

(or substitute if preferred)

With Gusto until

Someone makes you stop.

Give love similarly.

-Chuy

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Persuasion

Avenue Of The Pines

Assume someone can be compelled 

To go for a walk at

Any time.

Act accordingly.

-Chuy

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Regret

On Top of The World

When you truly

Love someone, 

You will have 

Regrets

When they leave you.

It’s a human brain thing, wishing we had done more.

There is

Always

Something More

We Could Have Done.

 

This regret really serves no 

Purpose other than to 

Remind us to do 

All We Can in

The Living Years.

 

Have your regret.

Then move on.

 

-Chuy

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Promise

The Wonder Fields

Every day to come

holds such

exciting

Promise!

The

Wonders

Yet to discover.

 

Chuy

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Patience

Leaf Pile Party

You must be most patient with

Those that do not understand you.

Remember, their ways are as important

To Them as yours are

To you.

  • Chuy
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Drink

Chuy’s Trail Morning

Drink up.

Drink it in.

You never know.

-Chuy

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Breathe

Summer’s Ease

People have such a penchant for 

Control, smothering everything with their

Insistence.

Let it breathe.

-Chuy

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