Posted by Roberta Grimes • February 12, 2022 • 40 Comments
Morning has broken like the first morning. Blackbird has spoken like the first bird. Praise for the singing, praise for the morning, Praise for them springing fresh from the world. Sweet the rains new fall, sunlit from Heaven, Like the first dewfall on the first grass. Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden, Sprung... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • February 05, 2022 • 43 Comments
I see trees of green, red roses too. I see them bloom for me and you. And I think to myself, What a wonderful world! I see skies of blue and clouds of white. The bright blessed day. The dark sacred night. And I think to myself, What a wonderful world! – Bob Thiele (1922-1996)... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 22, 2022 • 18 Comments
Now I’ve been happy lately, Thinkin’ about the good things to come. And I believe it could be. Something good has begun. Oh, I’ve been smiling lately, Dreaming about the world as one! And I believe it could be. Someday it’s going to come. ‘Cause I’m on the edge of darkness. There ride the Peace... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 15, 2022 • 26 Comments
I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive,... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 01, 2022 • 64 Comments
The road is long, with many a winding turn That leads us to who knows where, who knows when. But I’m strong, strong enough to carry him. He ain’t heavy. He’s my brother. – Bob Russell (1914-1970) & Bobby Scott, from “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” (1969) There are many people who email me... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • December 11, 2021 • 47 Comments
I come to the garden alone, while the dew is still on the roses; And the voice I hear, falling on my ear, the Son of God discloses. And He walks with me, and He talks with me, And He tells me I am His own, And the joy we share, as we tarry there,... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • November 20, 2021 • 29 Comments
No matter what they take from me, they can’t take away my dignity, Because the greatest love of all is happening to me. I found the greatest love of all inside of me. The greatest love of all is easy to achieve! Learning to love yourself, it is the greatest love of all. – Linda... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • November 13, 2021 • 28 Comments
“Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want, and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.” – Albert Einstein (1879-1955), quotation (1948) The above quotation from Albert Einstein shows a profound understanding... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • November 06, 2021 • 54 Comments
I believe above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard. I believe that someone in that great somewhere hears every word. Every time I hear a newborn baby cry, or touch a leaf, Or see the sky, Then I know why I believe. – Ronnie Dunn & Craig Wiseman, from “I Believe” (1953)... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • October 30, 2021 • 15 Comments
What’s it all about, Alfie? Is it just for the moment we live? What’s it all about When you sort it out, Alfie? Are we meant to take more than we give? Or are we meant to be kind? And if only fools are kind, Alfie, Then I guess it is wise to be cruel.... Read More
