a poem

i thought i’d write a poem about good newson my weekly newsletter news with letters and a letter with the newsthere’s enough of the negative stuff don’t you think so ?every day it assaults us more than enough to last a lifetime how can you build a life or a culturewith only bad news ?? as if the monotony of every day’sbad news informs us of our place in the scheme of thingsand we buckle right down and get to it bad news keeps us grounded so we don’t fly off all over the placeand become anarchists consider all the bad news you consumein a day indigestion irregular concerned and bothered by issues that have nothing to do with you the air and the oceans both wait patientlyfor something important to do like wave and blow (ocean and air)we wait for somebody to give us the weather reporthere is the weather report it’s cloudy somewhere and it’s rainingsomewhere and somewhere it’s dusk and somewhere it’s darkand somewhere it’s dawn the first light peeking inthrough someone’s window while they lie there waking upslowly the first moment they realize they are awakethat’s good news the rest of the day can go to heckatleast it started out good had the promise of being goodand maybe tomorrow it will be really goodthat’s the good news that there is good newsatleast in the morning at first light atleast later in the day in the cafewith the first hit first contact first smile continuing good news a child sighting climbing the stairs to the next leveland makes it good newsthe child is delighted and turns around to look at the momwaiting in line for her latte love zooms between the mom and childi feel it whoosh sunlight pours in from the roofwhich is made out of glass what a good ideamake your roof out of glass so the light can pour through and bestow upon all the patronsthe true light of heaven for certainly that is good newsthe holy sun shining down upon us imagine the cold dark world of plutoor even mars no no we are blessed with plentyof light and rain as well falls from the very same skythe trees think this is good news but they don’t have newspapers or anything they just drink of the waterand share the good news in their own way any good news will doany good news you find along the way share it and embellish itshine it up a little put it in a poemor in a thank you note send it to someonewho would least expect it start a conversation share with a friend receive regular notifications podcast music from :: Cafe De Anatolia - Paradise Moment | Beautiful Chill Music (mix by Billy Esteban) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rohn.substack.com/subscribe