Action Only Happens in the Moment...As in...Now!!!

Evidence of the Thought Process

There’s a difference between what one thinks and one’s actions;

The first can move people, the latter moves mountains.

My thinking may get me where I want to go,

But if there is no evidence, how will I know?

Thinking is great for it helps us resolve

The problems Life hands us when crises evolve;

Yet movement is necessary used in conjunction

With thoughts or else all is just mindless compunction.

Psychiatrists couches are filled with the masses

And millions have taken assertiveness classes;

There’s yoga and tai-chi, we meditate some,

But unless there is action, those actions seem dumb.

If I’m deaf to the cries that provoke me to move,

Or blind to my plight and the guilt that intrudes,

My thoughts are just vapors that soon disappear

Unless action leaves evidence that they were here.

Greg Wright

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JOHN BECK Mar 29, 2011, 10:08am UTC

Wise!

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Priya P. Mar 29, 2011, 10:12am UTC

so very true Greg! great post. Good morning.

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sue m. Mar 29, 2011, 10:30am UTC

Great :)

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Shira C. Mar 29, 2011, 10:41am UTC

Well said! Thanks for sharing with Gather Spirituality Essential.

Greg Wright Mar 29, 2011, 4:16pm UTC

Hello again and Thanks!!! Off traveling and trying to get back to posting more. I hope all is well! Peace... Greg Wright

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Kevin E. Mar 29, 2011, 11:38am UTC

This is an incredible post and could be considered an anthem at "Windmill Fighters United." Well done my friend well done! Write on!

Greg Wright Mar 29, 2011, 4:11pm UTC

Hello dear Kevin!! I've been traveling and down in Key West is not to bad for watching the weather channel!!! Also traveling to the great small state of Delaware for a home renovation for a friend. Then it's off to Assateaque, Va. for another renovation for the same person! That's where they have the wild ponies on the Island and a "big" parade every year when they run the ponies across the river and auction them for adoption. I told her that work begins when the sun goes down...call me at the beach!!! I hope things are well with you and yours. Peace...Greg Wright

Greg Wright Mar 29, 2011, 4:14pm UTC

P.1, Line 2 should read "too". I hate to make a typing error when I'm going on about Key West...The subject was worth revisiting!!! Greg Wright

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ben Surbana Mar 29, 2011, 1:37pm UTC

Thank you for your poem, Greg.

Often in non-action, the greatest can be accomplished.

Ann Marcaida Mar 29, 2011, 1:39pm UTC

Hi ben!!!!

ben Surbana Mar 29, 2011, 1:41pm UTC

Hello, my beloved friend, Ann!

Ann Marcaida Mar 29, 2011, 1:45pm UTC

We've missed you at LYR.

ben Surbana Mar 29, 2011, 1:56pm UTC

You are most kind to say so, dear Ann.

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Ann Marcaida Mar 29, 2011, 1:39pm UTC

I don't know anyone else who could fit a self-help book into a poem! Thanks for sharing with Gather's Best Writers and Artists.

Ann Marcaida Mar 29, 2011, 1:39pm UTC

Now featured at Losing Your Religion.

Greg Wright Mar 29, 2011, 4:04pm UTC

Hello Ann!! I've been traveling to Key West and from Va. to Delaware. I'm renovating a house that belongs to an old, I mean dear friend. The place has gone from dark and dreary to looking like a museum even to the Civil War oil paintings that were downright scary and now are looking dapper in a Blue and Gray color scheme. I'm still doing weeky poetry readings in Arlington, Va. but i think I'm going to be taking an 8 week class on Visioning, which is meditation with an eye (third?) toward seeing the best and then discovering ways to implement the vision...I guess that's why it's called Visioning! Check out Eva Bell Werber (circa 1904) Beautiful thoughts directed to the inner Self. But I digress...I hope you are well and it is very gratifying if not downright flattering to be missed...Peace... Greg Wright

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Jerry Kays Mar 29, 2011, 4:55pm UTC

:-)

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stephen berwaldt Mar 30, 2011, 10:48am UTC

I'm not sure I'm able to act on such sound advice and wisdom today...
perhaps tomorrow's the best time to do what I say...
I'm gonna do it... I am... TOMORROW...

wonderful verse...wonderful advice...

Featured at Triple Name Club...

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lynn a. Mar 30, 2011, 11:34am UTC

Introspection is always a good thing. This kicked my brain into high gear this morning. I think you are enjoying yourself. Yay!

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Connie C. Mar 31, 2011, 8:47pm UTC

So very true.

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dee b. Mar 31, 2011, 11:43pm UTC

Words of wisdom! Reminds me of tha old adage, action speaks louder than words. Of course we need a thought process, to determine those actions.

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