How I Feel Affects Other People...

This is the title poem to the book, "I Found Out I'm Dying: A Celebration of Life." A "story" in poetry that reminds us to be comfortable with the decisions we make in enjoying life to the fullest.

Physically we're all dying from the day we're born... get over it! One day you won't be here. Yet, some people act like they're never going to die, so they procrastinate, hold grudges... miss the subtitle in the book title, and the chance to "find out" how to live.

 

I FOUND OUT I'M DYING

Actually, I've known it for quite some time now

But for so many others its new news.

So I'd like to thank You (God) for yesterday

As much as I do for today.

And I ask that you (my friend) pause, but not stop,

To think about some of the wild things I've survived

Before my greatest challenge.

And believe me,

Death is the only challenge we won't sit and laugh about

[Or relive]

But we can find joy in it,

Because there'll be enough kind words

to create a new dictionary.

Kind words that I need now, more than ever

Kind words keep us alive

Physically. . . mentally. . . spiritually.

I found out I'm dying

And when I woke this morning I wept.

And I laughed aloud and I started to sing

(but remembered that I couldn't, so I danced instead)

And I whistled a tune as I made my bed

I threw open the window and let out a cheer

(actually I just smiled, so no one could hear)

I exercised, ate and dressed (after I washed)

then I looked in the mirror and gave myself a wink.

"Not bad for a body that's survived another day,

I'm so blessed to get older"

Is all I could think.

I didn't bother reading the Obituary

(Because I knew I wasn't there)

Instead I clipped my fingernails

And neatly styled my hair

I found out I'm dying

And that I have been since Day Number One.

So I spend little time regretting my life

Because I'd rather spend the time having fun.

© 1995 Sporty King

“I Found Out I’m Dying: A Celebration of Life”
Available at
www.sportyking.com

How I Feel Affects Other People...

I NEVER LOSE!

And neither should you.

Losing, like winning, is a state of mind.

When we establish a mindset

that recognizes the need to compete against ourselves,

rather than surrender to others’ standards,

our victories become more measurable and memorable.

Winning is a state of mind.

THERE’S A DIFFERENCE…

… between losing and being a loser.

Losing can be a part of life,

where things don’t come out the way you want them to.

Being a loser is a state of mind,

where you decide to surrender to the misfortune,

even though you have the opportunity

to learn from it’s setback.

Don’t let a loss make you a loser.

© 2001 Sporty King
“Starting Today… Weekly Affirmations for Daily Living”
Available at
www.sportyking.com

How I Feel Affects Other People...

YOU CAN’T STEAL MY THUNDER…

… you can only share in my blessing.

Are you afraid

that someone else will take your place

if you share the spotlight?

The truth is, whatever you do

provides the contrast I need

to express myself as unique…

and vice versa.

No one can steal your thunder…

they can only share in your blessing

© 2001 Sporty King
“Starting Today… Weekly Affirmations for Daily Living”
Available at
www.sportyking.com

How I Feel Affects Other People...

TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF

Now, isn't that better?

Go on, breathe. Isn't that more comfortable?

1 - 2 . . . in - out . . . hold it . . . release

You've been unnecessarily tense

Holding it all in

And in the process withholding and hurting

others and yourself.

I know how I've waited for this moment

How often I've wanted to just touch you

and say it's okay.

How I've longed to see you let go and open up. . .

You see, honesty is always the best armor.

Lies are like ill-fitting clothes

that constrict your breathing and retard your growth.

Your biting tongue returns the pain you spew forth.

And insincere actions place you in harm's way.

Yet, your truth allows you to stretch.

And as you stretch again and again, you get more energy.

Your ride becomes smooth

And your actions take on new meaning.

Meaning you've been wanting to share

for quite some time now.

So open up and speak only the truth

Because lies are like ill-fitting clothes

that constrict your breathing and retard your growth.

So take your clothes off.

Hold it . . . release . . . in - out . . . 1 - 2

Go on, breathe. Isn't that more comfortable?

Now, isn't that better?

© 1994 Sporty King
"Do You Have Any Idea... How Fine You Are?"
Available at
http://www.sportyking.com/

How I Feel Affects Other People...

IT’S ABOUT THAT THANG

I love, Not just the wet of it

Not even the sweat of it.

But that space so small

That can hold so much

And be home to so many.

Passionately sought after

By male and female alike

For a satisfying quench of curiosity.

Pried open and stretched

In the most difficult of circumstances,

Yet left dripping in ecstatic anticipation

Of the next sense to comprehend. . .

Feeling the urgency. . .

Hearing the volley in foreplay. . .

Inhaling the penetration. . .

Tasting the throb of maturation. . .

And in full view of the excitement. . . .

So much coming in and going out

Rearranging...adjusting...cleansing...

snapping...aching...grasping.

...

I love, Not just the wet of it

Not even the sweat of it.

But that space so small

That can hold so much

And be home to so many.

And as I continue to gaze at you from head to toe

I pray that as other men come into your life

They (too) will love you for your mind.

© 1994 Sporty King
"Do You Have Any Idea... How Fine You Are?"
Available at
http://www.sportyking.com/

How I Feel Affects Other People...

The only thing I really worry about is the fact that it seems

like God sometimes takes you away once you "get it"

and understand what life is all about.

When I think like that, what makes me anxious is

whether or not my pace is good enough for me

to leave the message he wants me to deliver.

Then I have to remember that I don't know the message's depth... am only responsible for delivering a small portion...

or may have delivered it already and am on overtime.

Your message will be delivered.

What is one of the messages you'd like to deliver?

One of mine is

Merry Christmas!

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How I Feel Affects Other People...

A young couple moves into a new neighborhood.



The next morning, while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees the neighbor hang up the wash outside. "That laundry is not very clean", she said. "She doesn't know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs another laundry soap."


The husband looked on, but remained silent. Every time her neighbor would hang out the wash, the woman would make the same comment. About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband, "Look! she has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this?"

Her husband said, "I got up early this morning and washed the windows."


And so it is with life: What we see while watching others, depends on the purity of the window which we look through.

- author unknown (clearly)