Today is the 20th day of Valentine's month of February. I love sports, and having enjoyed my children and now watching my grandchildren. It is fun to see them, so enjoy the activities and comradery.

Jorge Ben Jor - Filho Maravilha
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The Run
I'm running to cleanse my soul.
"From what? To where?"
At this moment I do not care.
Rain drops beat against my face.
I run on faster, into its embrace.

"But why?"
To leave my cares behind.
To scream, to cry, to defy.
My feet hammering the ground.
In search of peace not yet found
I race on, clothes drenched in sweat.
To just let go, and forget.

"Had enough?"
Not yet, I scream at him silently.
As I feel my heart beating violently.
Against the wind and blustery showers.
I run on for what seems like hours.

"How much longer?"
Through the fury, past the past, and the pain.
So by this rain I'm washed and purified again.
So the breeze blows away the thoughts inside.
Until another hill, without running I can abide.

"When will you reach this goal?"
Until you my annoying friend stay quiet.
So I can be free from my life's disquiet.
After a while "anything else?" Not a sound...

I slow to a jog, and in my mind I prod around.
All silent, I relish the elements with a clear mind.
I turn around, and revel in the journey home.
With worries, and stress left behind.
Amar Qamar.

Poems about Sports
Sports are complex in that they are a way to escape our lives as well as a way to look at our lives in a clearer way. In the world of sports the line of victory and defeat is quite clear. There is no question of what team you are on or what position you play within the team. These things are not always clear in real life.
Escaping to the world of sports is an opportunity to think about these questions in our own lives.
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Life is like a game. Playing it as if your life belongs to it but in the end, remember it is just a game.
Dr. Seuss

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Today is the 20th day of Valentine's month of February. I love cities and city life. Born in and lived and loved London, England. Lived in Ottawa and partially in Montreal, Canada. Lived in Salvador, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo in Brazil. I have enjoyed what these cities have offered: diversity, parks, jazz, the arts, history, good food, wonderful nightlife, excellent places to explore, and generally allowing me to learn a great deal about life. Plus, visiting New York a great deal, being the city, where, Gerry, my husband was born in also steeped in the arts and a diverse and interesting city.

Theme From New York New York - Frank Sinatra | Concert Collection
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Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802
William Wordsworth

Earth has not any thing to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty:
This City now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,
Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie
Open unto the fields, and to the sky;
All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Never did sun more beautifully steep
In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;
Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
The river glideth at his own sweet will:
Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;
And all that mighty heart is lying still!

And New York is the most beautiful city in the world? It is not far from it. No urban night is like the night there... Squares after squares of flame, set up and cut into the aether. Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.
Ezra Pound

I love both the sun and the moon, day and night. But I enjoy the day the most because I live in Rio and I can play sports.
Rodrigo Santoro

My home is Montreal. I will stay in Montreal and continue to make movies in Montreal. But it's also very healthy for Canadian filmmakers to work outside the country. You learn so much.
Denis Villeneuve

I love cities. New York, Montreal, London, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, Toronto, L.A... but, I do choose to live in Vancouver. It's home.
Stewart Butterfield

The night is always dark, but the nights in the city are always bright
Leonard Cohen

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Today is the 20th day of Valentine's month of February. Caring is an important part of life, I love to care for others in many different ways, helping, supporting, healing, embracing, looking after, teaching, providing welfare, protecting, and attending to others.

I would also like to mention and thank those in the teaching, medical, food production, and teaching.

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Bruno Mars - Count on me lyrics
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"Today was a Difficult Day," said Pooh.
There was a pause.
"Do you want to talk about it?" asked Piglet.
"No," said Pooh after a bit. "No, I don't think I do."
"That's okay," said Piglet, and he came and sat beside his friend.
"What are you doing?" asked Pooh.
"Nothing, really," said Piglet. "Only, I know what Difficult Days are like. I quite
often don't feel like talking about it on my Difficult Days either.
"But goodness," continued Piglet, "Difficult Days are so much easier when you
know you've got someone there for you. And I'll always be here for you, Pooh."
And as Pooh sat there, working through in his head his Difficult Day, while the
solid, reliable Piglet sat next to him quietly, swinging his little legs...he thought
that his best friend had never been more right.
A.A. Milne

How you make others feel
says a lot about who you are.
Leave them with a smile,
a hug, and a kind thought.
A,A. Milne

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.
Dr. Seuss

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.
Margaret Meade

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Leo Buscaglia

With heartfelt and genuine thanks for your kind visit. Have a beautiful day, be well, keep your eyes open, appreciate the beauty surrounding you, enjoy creating, stay safe, and laugh often! ❤️❤️❤️

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Today is the 19th day of Valentine's month of February. My love for the ocean, rivers, lakes, streams, rain, and most importantly, water must be shared for this essential theme.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.
H. Auden

Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There us no life without water.
Alber Szent-Gyorgyi. M.D.

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Today is the 18th day of Valentine's month of February, and I want to share my love and appreciation for sharing, whether it be time with another person, food, space, belongings, or life.

If you see someone without smile give them one of yours.
Dr. Seuss

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them up.
Dr. Seuss

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart, I'll stay there forever.
A.. A. Milne

With heartfelt and genuine thanks for your kind visit. Have a beautiful day, be well, keep your eyes open, appreciate the beauty surrounding you, enjoy creating, stay safe, and laugh often! ❤️❤️❤️

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