THE JOURNEY: I looked at Jack our dog one day and I said out loud, "this is ridiculous". I knew right then that if i did not make a choice to walk further and faster I was literally going to die. I believe that when folks loose someone close we all get to that point of either making the choice to live or die. That walk changed my life. On that first long walk the first poem came streaming in and wouldn't get out of my head until I wrote it down. Unfortunately I didn't have a pen or paper and had to keep saying it over and over for two miles until I made it to a downtown Starbucks and could find a napkin and a borrowed pen. I was greatly relieved to put the following words to paper, even though I didn't really understand what just happened.

I FOUND GOD WITHIN

I FOUND GOD IN THE WIND
I FOUND GOD IN THE SUN
I FOUND GOD IN THE WATER
I FOUND GOD IN THE SKY

I FOUND GOD WITHIN

I FOUND GOD IN DEATH
I FOUND GOD IN LIFE
I FOUND GOD IN TEARS
I FOUND GOD IN LAUGHTER

I FOUND GOD WITHIN

I FOUND GOD IN A DOGS EYES
I FOUND GOD IN A CATS CALL
I FOUND GOD IN A FLOWER
I FOUND GOD IN SILENCE

I FOUND GOD WITHIN

I FOUND GOD IN THE OCEAN
I FOUND GOD IN THE MOUNTAINS
I FOUND GOD IN THE STREAMS
I FOUND GOD IN DESERTS

I FOUND GOD WITHIN

I FOUND GOD IN A BOOK
I FOUND GOD IN MUSIC
I FOUND GOD IN MEDITATION
I FOUND GOD IN THE LIGHT

I FOUND GOD WITHIN

I FOUND GOD IN FEAR
I FOUND GO IN LOVE
I FOUND GOD IN PAIN
I FOUND GOD IN WORK

I FOUND GOD WITHIN

THANK YOU