The colored tree is the joy behind the “miserable” needles and the green tree signifies the transition from misery to the promises of joy.
The intent of this poem: To encourage clearing your mind of harmful thoughts such as jealousy, hate, anger, prejudice, etc. and day by day, replace them with thoughts that bring you joy to share with others.
Choosing to Live With Joy
Day by day you have a choice,
You live by the quality of your conscious and your inner voice.
As time goes by, carefully choose what you mostly think,
Every thought is an intention, hope or reason for something.
Realize that you have two minds, conscious and unconscious,
Either can harbor thoughts of misery or thoughts of joy.
What you mostly keep on your mind is what you get,
That is something on which you can bet!
It is best to heed what can bring you joy,
Those are the things that float you like a buoy.
The thoughts that you harbor in your thinking space,
Sets the tempo of your daily pace.
Day by day you have a choice,
You live by the quality of your inner voice.
©2105 Robert J.Barta
Author’s Summary of the meaning of the stanzas:
1. As time goes by, take good care of your mind, by consistently harboring joyful thoughts day by day.
2. The quality of your life is directly related to the quality of your thoughts.
3. Choosing positive thoughts helps you control and manage both your conscious and your unconscious moods and mental processes.
4. The thoughts you mostly concentrate on are what controls the direction and condition of your life.
5. Day by day you have the power to choose the kinds of thoughts that can bring you joy or misery. Your miserable thoughts affect your behavior and that can also affect others negatively.
6. What you harbor in your mind and mostly think about governs the quality of your life. Choose well, Good luck.
Author’s Challenge: Re-read and write your own interpretation to add value to the poem.
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