Day #14 in my A-Z series of “What Makes Me Happy?”
N = Neighbors
Photo by rawpixel.com on Pexels.com
Who are my neighbors?
When I think of my “hood,”
I think of the nearby folks
Who are friendly and good.
.
They make me happy
With parties and sharing;
They call and come by
To show they are caring.
.
But my circle of friends
Doesn’t end on my road.
Neighbors are the folks
Who share in my load.
.
When I’m sick or downtrodden,
They call or send a card.
They offer food or flowers
Or say they’ll mow my yard.
.
But my neighbors and friends
Aren’t defined by when I’m needy.
To limit neighbors to those
Would certainly be quite greedy.
.
Neighbors are around the world.
Some faces I’ve never seen.
But, we meet in blogs or on Facebook
And we share a common dream.
.
We want to bring light to darkness.
We share a need to live in love.
We want what’s best for one another,
And we take our clues from God above.
.
As neighbors, we are looking
For ways to bring new hope
To others feeling hopeless.
We share ways we’ve learned to cope.
.
So when you’re feeling overwhelmed
By the bleakness that you see,
Turn to caring, compassionate neighbors
And change discouragement to glee.
.
Create a network of compassion
That goes round the globe and back.
Be the neighbor who brings help
And happiness to those who lack.
.
What neighborly act can you do to spread caring and compassion today?
Forge friendships through common work… and be a part of the solution.
We all are neighbors. We all need one another. Thank you for sharing –
– and caring.
Comments on: "N = Neighbors" (3)
Well said mam👍🏻♥️
Very good advice for us all!
I love this. One global neighborhood, all for compassion, caring and sharing. 🙂