Enjoy the Moment
(Listen.)

Life is here and life is now,
Though we question why and how.
Each new day brings good and bad.
Makes us happy, sad.

Enjoy the moment,
This moment in time.
Enjoy the moment.
It's a moment sublime.

Enjoy this moment.
Look at life with a smile.
Enjoy each moment.
Makes your whole life worthwhile.

Find love and kindness
Wherever you can.
Find love and kindness.
They're a treasure for man.

Find love and kindness,
And spread them all around.
Find love and kindness
And let peace abound.

Life's a blessing, life's a curse;
Could be better, could be worse.
You can smile or you can frown,
Feel you're up . . . or down.

Enjoy the moment,
As time races by.
Enjoy the moment.
Find a laugh, not a sigh.

Enjoy the moment,
Through the sadness and pain.
Enjoy the moment,
Sunshine comes after rain.

Enjoy the moment,
This moment in time.
Enjoy the moment,
It's a moment sublime.

Enjoy each moment,
From the moment of dawn.
Enjoy each moment,
Before the moment is gone.

Enjoy each moment,
Before the moment is gone!


Just with a Smile
(Listen.)

Just with a smile, once in a while, to savor --
Sunshine when it's cloudy.
Just with a smile, through trouble and trial,
To brighten my day, send worries away.
That look in your eye, it teases.
I can't deny it pleases.
It is an art, the way that you melt my heart.

Just with a smile, you charm and beguile,
Just with your style, you charm me.
Oh,

Just with a grin, choirs begin.
I'm in a spin. Heaven I'm in.
Oh, when I'm with you, good times ensue,
Happiness, too; they all accrue.

These mem'ries I hold.
These blessings unfold,
More treasured than gold
Is.

Treasured more than the gold is, every ton,
Every diamond, every one,
More than life is treasured,
You are treasured,
Son!


I'm Thankful
(Listen.)

Time comes,
Years have slipped by.
Past is gone, and my time is nigh.
So now is the season, now is the hour
To taste the sweet and overlook the sour.

I'm thankful for family,
The love they've shown, so constantly.
The kindness, joy, the care and concern,
A sweetness more than I could ever return.

These family ties make the world go 'round.
No stronger bond could never be found.
For love inspires and it warms the heart.
And it keeps the world from fallin' apart.

I'm thankful for friends that I've had,
For true-blue friendships; I'm oh so glad.
They are enriching, inspiring, too.
And friendships last for years and years through.

I'm thankful for so many years,
For laughter, smiles, for frowns and tears,
For through the heartache, the trouble and toil,
Those golden mem'ries you can never spoil.
Those golden mem'ries you can never spoil.
I'm so thankful!

[Please excuse the grammar error in line 7. I consider it permissible under the category of poetic license.)


What Would Be Better than Christmas?
(Listen.)
Copyright: December 15, 2022.

What would be better than Christmas
. . . .With the sound of jingle bells?
What would be better than Christmas
. . . .And the story Christmas tells?

What would be better than Christmas
. . . .With presents 'round the tree?
What would be better than Christmas --
. . . .And a stack of gifts for me!

Oh, what would be better than Christmas
. . . .With some snow flakes in the air?
What would be better than Christmas --
. . . .Sparkling tinsel here and there?

What would be better than Christmas
. . . .With Santa on his sleigh?
What would be better than Christmas
. . . .Such a wondrous, happy day?
_____

Christmas is a precious time, a special time of year.
It's a time for giving, and indeed a time of cheer.

And this day's a day of peace, of calm and thankfulness.
It's-a time when love and caring, you can readily express.
______

What would be better than Christmas
. . . .With its wrappings, red and green?
What would be better than Christmas
. . . .And its jolly Christmas scene?

What would be better than Christmas
. . . .With its joy the whole day through?
What would be better than Christmas
. . . .Would be Christmas -- with you!



What Will Tomorrow Bring?
(Listen.)
Copyright: December 14, 2022.

What will tomorrow bring?
I have been wondering.
. . . .What good and what bad?
. . . .What happy and sad?
What will tomorrow bring?

What lies ahead for me?
Whatever could it be?
. . . .Will there be cheer?
. . . .Will there be fear?
What lies ahead for me?
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And now I look back at all the years that slipped by,
Those moments to laugh, and sometimes moments to cry,
When spirits were low, and when my spirits were high.
It's been a heck of a ride, I have to say with a sigh! (I have to say with a sigh!)

It's been abundantly clear throughout this struggle and quest --
The road of life offers such a challenging test.
My fortunes were many, and to that I'll attest.
I have been lucky indeed; I have been bountifully blessed! (I have been bountifully blessed!)
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What fate will come my way?
Will skies be blue or gray?
. . . .Will peace or pain
. . . .Become the refrain?
What fate will come my way?

What is my destiny?
I wish I could foresee.
. . . .Will-there be acclaim?
. . . .Or will there be shame?
Oh, what will be in store-for-me?
. . . .Perhaps discord, or harmony?
. . . .Oh, pray tell, what will be my destiny?