Blessed with small things.
Pablo Picasso. Violon accroche au mur. 1913.
to most minds you have nothing
rags to wear  a hovel for sleeping
if ever you could sleep  you cannot
that said  you have a life to live
and you have your next breath
breathe and make do with that
james lee jobe
We must learn to live together as brothersÂ
or perish together as fools.Â
Martin Luther King
I walked through the rattlesnake mountains
paying no mindÂ
white boulders  white clouds
a patch of grass  a patch of snow
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'The Wood Between' (2008) by Hiramatsu ReijiÂ
sins are not brands and we are not cattle
forgive yourself and start again
james lee jobeÂ
My music is evidence of my soul's will to live.
Charles Mingus
and when I am blessedÂ
it is often with the smallest of things
my grandchild's laugh
that first glimpse of the sunrise
a perfect appleÂ
and then again perhaps
these blessings are not that small
after all
james lee jobe
Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?
Jalal Ad-din Muhammad Rumi
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