ISBN: 9781614681397

DEDICATION

I dedicate this book to my sister, Dana. If not for your love and support during the most critical time in my life, this book would not have come to be. I’m the luckiest brother in the world, to have the best sister in the world, who listened to me when no one else did, put herself on the line, and showed true courage by following her heart.

Contents

A Prayer; Part I

A Prayer; Part II

A Prayer; Part III

A Charge

Life

Art

When Birds Chirp

Another Life

Heaven on Earth

A Wise Woman

Resist

Joy

The Joys of Spiritual Practice

Rainy Days

Jesus, Mohammad, and the Gang

A Dream

Heaven; Part I

Heaven; Part II

Death

Enemies

Space

Organization

Breathing

Thank God It’s Friday

Them Versus I

Last

Truth

Adam and Steve

Good Parenting

Happy Birthday

Sun and Storms

The Lily

Ego and Spirit

Sleeping Mark

Beanie

Zoning into the Present

Pets

The Tao

The Insincere Taoist

Home; Part I

Home; Part II

A Disguise We All See

Presence

Spirit

Pain

Bad Days

My Teacher, the Plant

Insecurities

Nature Imitated

A Good Life

A Renter

An Angel

A Loving Cake

Leo

The Old Woman Who Stared at the Wall

God

The Treasure Hunt

A Choice

Ants

The Pen

Work

Light

Challenges

A Ten Minute Break

Accidents

The Two Brothers

Sky and Fingers

Reflection

The Amethyst Obelisk

Having It All

Vacation

Boxers

Everything

Around You

Anything

Emotional Baggage

My Time

A Message From a Friend

Dreams

Peace in My Living Room

Dusk

The Dancing Woman

Lucky Man Inspired

Palm Sunday

Yesterday

Daily Pangs

Falling into Place

Chores

Tangible God

Learning and Strengthing

Small Joys

Worry

Something to Savor

A Different Reality

My Children

The Car

Screw Ups

Humility

Perfect

A Phase

A Lesson

A High

Springtime

Seeking

World Peace

Temptation

My Life

Education Only

Strength

Grand Am GT

Night Time

The Pensive Lady

Zenith

In the Center

Jazz and Red Wine

Spring

Family

Fall

Solitude; a Moment of Peace

Christmas Morning

Your Beautiful Presence

Champagne

The Letter

The Leaf

I Remember You

The Force

Green Eyed Ghost

Love Is a Beautiful Thing.

Acknowledgments

TO THE READER

Dear Reader,

Yes, I’m talking to YOU!

First off, thank you for holding this book, and being willing to read it. I consider myself very fortunate to have the opportunity to have a book placed on the shelves, let alone for you to have wanted to take the time to read it.

For years, I’ve written in a journal. I’ve always found joy in documenting my life.

They say the pen is mightier than the sword. That phrase for me couldn’t be more true. The ability to write and document life is an amazing power that only us writers know.

Writing is the ability to truly create, and to make the imagintion tangible.

This book is a collection of all of my joys found in writings that I’ve accomplished since the year of 1995. It was in that year that I discovered how powerful the pen could be. I was in college, and my buddies and I would share poetry while in the local coffee shop. This poetry would express our laughs, our tears, and our overall school experiences. These poetry sessions would be a great exchange of thoughts and ideas that truly defined that time.

Later, I learned how great it was to write while alone in my living room, while on the school campus, on my break at work, and just about everywhere that allowed extra time to write even a paragraph. Writing turned into quite the addiction.

Literature has been a great journey for me, and I look forward to sharing that joyous journey with you.

Once again, thank you for your time and I hope you get as much out of this book as I did writing it.

Sincerely,

David Vozzy, MSEd

A PRAYER; PART I

Every time a prayer is said,

To that soul may I be led.

Until the Prayer’s answer is found,

To that Soul may I be bound.

A PRAYER; PART II

Peace, Harmony, Love, and Light

Shines through me with all its might.

A PRAYER; PART III

Peace, Harmony, Love, and Light,

Shines upon my soul this night.

It is within this realm of peace that I stay

Until I am released from sleep to the next day.

A CHARGE

There are many ways to get to the same place. Candles, incense, crystals, and more. They’re all the same. Prayers and affirmations are the same. They’ll all give you a charge of the Spirit.

LIFE

The life that you give others is the life that you get back.

ART

Art is the present moment with the stream of thought and feeling. Art is sacred. To create it, presence must be there. Therefore, true art is true presence.

WHEN BIRDS CHIRP

When birds chirp, light is heard.

Don’t utter a single word.

When a tree is seen,

Joy is seen as well.

Don’t look away.

Gaze inside, and listen to the sights.

Hear what the tree is saying.

What you see in nature

Is a beautiful masterpiece created by God.

Savor it, and enjoy it.

It is through that masterpiece that we can enter the true Kingdom of God.

A free invitation for us all.

ANOTHER LIFE

When your form retires, and when you die,

You simply begin another life.

Buddha and Jesus can testify to that one I’m sure.

HEAVEN ON EARTH

Heaven, Paradise, Nirvana, etc. does not have to be a place that you need to die to arrive at. It’s here, and it’s actually in the present moment. It’s the here and now, which always was, always is, and always will be.

It’s a new dimension.

To get there, you simply breathe and meditate.