Dedicate Yourself: A Poem for My Grandchildren

Dedicate yourself to something bigger 
Stretch and grow
Push past your limitations
Move into the unknown
Trust your instincts

Dedicate yourself to a passion, a cause, a belief
Open up your world
Meet like-minded people
Pursue what is healthy and good for you
Encourage others to do what is good for them

Dedicate yourself to pushing back fear
Stand strong and brave
Walk forward with a sense of purpose
Recognize you are on your own path
Know it is right and good

Dedicate yourself to kindness and compassion
To openness and honesty
Honor connection and collaboration
Give and receive freely
Love yourself and others with a full heart

Dedicate yourself to appreciating nature's beauty
Savor rosy sunrises and purple sunsets
Bask in the warm sun
Admire the moon and the multitude of stars
Recognize nature's rhythm, its ebb and flow

Dedicate yourself to being curious
Follow your heart and interests
Honor your natural gifts
Understand you are unique and wonderful
Embrace your right - your mandate - to be happy

Lyla, Luna, Nico, and Little Ethan

5 Comments Add yours

  1. Jeanne Guy's avatar Jeanne Guy says:

    This is absolutely lovely.

    xo J

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  2. Thank you, my friend. I started it and didn’t know who I was writing to and it felt off. I think pictured my grandkids and knew exactly who I was addressing. That made it easy to write.

  3. Your grandchildren are fortunate to have a wise grandmother who loves them to the moon and back (probably Mars, actually), and has left them a legacy poem.

  4. Thank you, Joyce. At least to Mars and back! They will read this when they are older. Luna may be almost ready to read and understand it. A legacy poem. Yes, that’s exactly what it is. Love to you, my dear.

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