Friday, May 20, 2022

''My LOVE AFFAIR'' - A Resident/Patient at LHH + RC

 ’My LOVE AFFAIR’’

A Resident/Patient

Laguna Honda Hospital +

Rehabilitation Center

A Place That Is Kind To Me,

As I Am Kind To It.

A Place That Appreciates Me,

When I Need To Be Appreciated.

A Place That Treats Me Well Most ALL The Time!

A Place That Teaches Me Creative Ways 

To Deal With My Emotions.

A Place That Helps Me To Express Myself 

In Ways That I Will Best Be Understood.

A Place To Give Me Value

When The World Seems In Short Supply.

A Place That Helps Me To Get My Needs Met

When My Needs Are NOT Always Clear To Me.

A Place That Treats Me Kindly

When The World Shows Me It Is Running Low.

A Place That Is Willing To Hear Me

When I Need To Be Heard.

A Place That Helped Me To Physically Adjust 

When I Had My Strokes.

A Place Willing To Help Me Quiet

After My Heart Attacks.

A Place That Is Very Willing To Work With Me

As I Battle My Anxieties.

A Place That Takes Me Seriously

And Laughs With Me When I Need To Laugh.

It’s A Place That Helps Me To Be A Me

That We ALL Can Seem To Deal With.


Please Don’t Close Laguna Honda Hospital

I Don’t Know If I Will Find A Place

That So Readily Accepts Me As I Am!


Monday, March 21, 2022

SAVING THE WORLD IN TWENTY MINUTES


Saving the World in Twenty Minutes

I think all of us are hitting rock bottom in this whole affair—
I mean the bullying of Mother Nature, of course.
It was even on TV as I recall. You can’t fool
Mother Nature, but, of course, that didn’t stop us.
Nature has no rewards or punishments, just consequences.
What’s going on now is causing many of us to become very serious.
It’s difficult to be as frivolous as we once were.
These times don’t call for it.


I still maintain that being kinder to each other
and kind to the earth itself will turn things around completely.
Don’t deprive anyone or anything of kindness.
Everyone and everything needs it. We are ALL in this together and the need to be treated kindly runs rampart! 
I know I said in 20 minutes,
but eight letters will do: k-i-n-d-n-e-s-s.


Paul Hendrickson

Friday, August 28, 2020

Friday, February 21, 2020

The PHOENIX FORTH TO FLY!


The PHOENIX FORTH TO FLY

Don't Be Afraid To Make Mistakes
Don't Be Afraid To Follow Your Passion
Don't Be Afraid To Follow Your Grit

Don't Take Things Too Personally,
People Can Say The Nastiest Things

Though, Easier Said Than Done
Accept Yourself As You Are
Of Course, With So-Called Faults And All
You Have Nothing To Prove To Anyone

Fear Is The Great Inhibitor
Love Is The Great Unifier

Through - Trial & Error,
We Learn To Be Wise.
ENJOY!

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

APPRECIATION - The POEM



APPRECIATION:
A Process Of LOVE

When We APPRECIATE
We UNDERSTAND, We ACCEPT
We Do A FAVOR To Those
We APPRECIATE
And Vice - Versa
 They GROW and We GROW
There’s APPRECIATION
There’s GROWTH
A FACT
APPRECIATION Is A
Win - Win
SITUATION
In ''GIVING'' And ''RECEIVING''
There Is NO ONE Who
DOES NOT COME OUT ON TOP

Thursday, January 09, 2020

To Focus Properly -



To FOCUS PROPERLY

I Spent Much of My Time
Thinking My Parents Were Right
Most of The Time

Everything Said by My Teachers,
My Relatives,
People I Knew to Be Older,
And, At One Time People in General.
I Was Much TOO Gullible
I Didn’t Think for Myself
And, Believed Everything I Heard
I Had an Awful Lot to Learn,
I Thought!

The Years Have Gone By
And My Eagle Has Died
That's When I Began To Open My Eyes
I Finally Could See I Was Living Their Lies

I Realized Being Paralyzed
By My Fears
Was My Way of Life
 Free Movement of any Sort
Was Becoming Uncommon
There Were Many Things That
Weren’t Necessarily So
That Didn’t Involve
Living in a Whale
Or Being Called Jonah
I Learned the Importance of Unlearning
I Learned You Could Strike with the Cover Open
At Times


Some of it did Hold Water
And, Some Still Does
But, There Are Things That Should Have Been Sent
To the Preposterous Department
Many Years Ago.
Like Removal of Certain Tags on Furniture
That Will Result in Immediate Imprisonment,
That People in Authority Were Always Honest,
The Easter Bunny & Santa Make Their Way to My House
Once A Year,
And, I Could Go to Hell for
Practically Anything!

I Realized Good Judgment &
Knowing Thyself
Were Actually Good Things to Do
Everything Has Come Into question
At One Time or Another.

I’m Feeling Much Better Now
And It’s Almost Lunchtime
I Have That Going for me
And, I Guess, Other Things, TOO,
When It Comes Right Down to It!


Wednesday, December 25, 2019

The PANE CLINIC


The PANE CLINIC

This is NOT the PAIN CLINIC
That We’re Used To;
Nevertheless, It Is The PANE CLINIC

It’s Called THAT to Bring up
The Image of Windows…
The Cleaner It Is, The Clearer It Is!
Sometimes, When Spotless,
It Is Hard To Tell
There is a Window, There!

We Liken This To The MIND
When It Is Clean, and Clear
And as Spotless as can be
When Things Are Seen That Way,
Resistance For The Concept...Is Low
Pain Is Hard To Find!

We Can, Actually, Say
When The Pane Is Clean + Clear
The Pain Is NOT Found!
The PANE CLINIC Has Done It’s Job!

In ALL Actuality
The PANE CLINIC RESIDES
In The THIRD EYE…Itself!

OUCH! A Smudge -
 There’s The PAIN!


CLICK EITHER THOUGHTOON!