January 11th, 2015 Commentary on “Depression” as a US National Illness: Here we are at the time of the year where depression is ever-increasing to many at this time of the beginning of a new year. Christmas is behind us and the future seems one of doom and gloom to middle class America.
Before us stands two more years of a President in Obama, who refuses to work with the Republican party in its efforts to bring the country back from the edge of the abyss. More taxes ahead. More threats from the world-wide terrorist to the US homeland with a harsh reality of multi-9/11 attacks in 2015, with thousands dying. All the while with a President who seems to reach further out to them in a hand of friendship.
Our only hope as a nation is that thru prayer, we as a nation will regain the favor and blessings of the Creator in saving our country. Prayer which is there for each of us, in saving each of us, in our own lives.
I have been where you are
a hell of loneliness and despair.
Had I created this place in my past
as you are now
where I was once?
I ask myself what pains cross your mind
as this day of many comes to you?
Do you hunger?
Are you without sleep?
The night only brings fear for your life.
Are you without anyone who cares
where you are this day?
Are you missed?
I too have been where you are.
From ashes of the mind did thou raise me
from a pit of worldly hell.
It was not my talents of mind
nor spirit that lead me from this dark world.
It was my prayers.
You never failed to hear me
when I cried out to you.
When I tried to end this life
you spoke gently to me
asking me to be patient
and wait one more day.
One day lead to another.
Finally the sun began to shine again
in your blessings and your love for me.
Thank you Lord
for giving hope to the hopeless
as you gave to me.
Thank you Lord
for loving me when I was without love.
Yea Lord without your grace
would I now be lost.
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"Yea Through the Grace of God Go I" copyright 2005 John J. Rigo "Roses Amidst Thorns"
Posted in Battling after Holidays Depression, Depression Can be Overcomed by the Grace of the Lord, Overcoming "Depression" in 2015, Overcoming Depression, Overcoming Depression in One's Life, Poetry, Selection from "Roses Amidst Thorns" published in 2005, The Lord will lead you from Darkness, tagged A Commentary and Poem regarding Depression in 2015, A Poem regarding overcoming depression by John J. Rigo, Arts, Dealing with Depression, Depression The Unknown Killer, God, Health, Online Writing, Overcoming Depression., Poetry, Romance, Texas, Word on January 11, 2015| Leave a Comment »
January 11th, 2015 Commentary on “Depression” as a US National Illness: Here we are at the time of the year where depression is ever-increasing to many at this time of the beginning of a new year. Christmas is behind us and the future seems one of doom and gloom to middle class America.
Before us stands two more years of a President in Obama, who refuses to work with the Republican party in its efforts to bring the country back from the edge of the abyss. More taxes ahead. More threats from the world-wide terrorist to the US homeland with a harsh reality of multi-9/11 attacks in 2015, with thousands dying. All the while with a President who seems to reach further out to them in a hand of friendship.
Our only hope as a nation is that thru prayer, we as a nation will regain the favor and blessings of the Creator in saving our country. Prayer which is there for each of us, in saving each of us, in our own lives.
I have been where you are
a hell of loneliness and despair.
Had I created this place in my past
as you are now
where I was once?
I ask myself what pains cross your mind
as this day of many comes to you?
Do you hunger?
Are you without sleep?
The night only brings fear for your life.
Are you without anyone who cares
where you are this day?
Are you missed?
I too have been where you are.
From ashes of the mind did thou raise me
from a pit of worldly hell.
It was not my talents of mind
nor spirit that lead me from this dark world.
It was my prayers.
You never failed to hear me
when I cried out to you.
When I tried to end this life
you spoke gently to me
asking me to be patient
and wait one more day.
One day lead to another.
Finally the sun began to shine again
in your blessings and your love for me.
Thank you Lord
for giving hope to the hopeless
as you gave to me.
Thank you Lord
for loving me when I was without love.
Yea Lord without your grace
would I now be lost.
"What Can I Do This Day?" copyright 2005 John J. Rigo "Roses Amidst Thorns" with Commentary on Dealing with Depression at Christmas
Posted in Giving Ourselves to Others This Christmas by John J. Rigo, Helping Others to Overcome Depression in 2015, tagged Christmas, Christmas and holiday season, Christmas Holidays Depression, Depression, Gift, Helping Others Overcome Depression, Holiday, Jesus, Opinions, Religion and Spirituality, Texas on January 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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Reach Out
Give some part of yourself to make their day a day filled with less pain. Love goes beyond just words in our daily life. We need to give beyond ourselves.Reach Out
Give a part of yourself. You will only become more human in your caring and giving.Reach Out
You too have felt the pain of loneliness and deep blackness. Love came to you in blessings you never thought would be. They came to you.Reach Out
Remember to share your fortune. We are one that is the soul of all of us."Friends of a Lifetime" copyright 2005 John J. Rigo "Rainbows Amidst Storms"
Posted in "Rainbows Amidst Storms" Second Published Book, A Poet and Commentator remembers his departed friends, Friends of a Lifetime by John J. Rigo, Passed away friends are never replaced, Real Friends only come once in a Lifetime, tagged Commentary (magazine), friends, friends of a lifetime, Health, Jesus, missing our departed friends, Philosophy, relationships, remembering our friends, Texas, the meaning of real friends on January 2, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Commentary for January 2nd, 2014: It always seem right at the beginning of a new year that many of us come to the realization more deeply what true friendship is really about. I find myself with just one friend in that category. In Don, I see me. We both adore our wife’s. We both believe that the world did not owe us a living. We are both deep in our 70’s and realize are days are greatly “numbered,” yet we try to face each day with courage. Thank you Don Ball this New Year of 2015 as to what “Friendship” really means.
With the passing of time
I have come to realize that there are truly
spaces that are never filled
by the loss of friends who were very personal
to my mind and heart.
Through the years
do the memories of Cliff and Tom
constantly come to my mind.
Never are they dead in my heart.
I see each of them
special in their concern for me
as the friends they were to me
and yes the love they rendered to me.
Have they been replaced in the void left by their absence?
No one has accomplished that.
Cliff was the short, large man from the deep South
always with a tale of lesson and advice not wanted
but when given
seemed well placed.
He spoke of home and craw-fish
his Mother and his victories in life
never of his losses.
You knew he was special
a special person to know.
The same stories he related never got old
just deeper in meaning.
The straight-laced
IBM type of guy was Tom.
He seemed to have found victories too early in his life
burning, dying as a shooting star.
An anger was present about him that could never be explained.
Tom loved a good meal and good drinks.
Save the waiter or waitress who spoke too much while serving!
He was there to savor the moment
should it be his last.
As Tom’s life was coming to an end
he maintained his pride to the last-minute in a VA hospital
wearing a blue blazer that no longer fit;
no one cared about his past.
I miss Tom’s advice to me,
his laughter at my watch
that he thought was such a great sales job
because I had to push a button
to tell time.
His loud laughter rang in the night
raising high his special drink
to wish me and all
the best of life.
I miss both of these men.
They were the special friends of a lifetime
never to be replaced.
They are in my heart each day
with the warmest of love to my dearest friends
Cliff and Tom.
Whenever you both may be
in the great wonder of it all
I am one person
who misses you both
oh……….. ever so much.
"You and Me" copyright 2005 John J. Rigo "Roses Amidst Thorns"
Posted in A poem about a perfect evening, Poem, Poetry, The Perfect New Years Eve on Cedar Creek Lake in East Texas, tagged A perfect evening, A Pre New Years Day Poem for 2015, Arts, God, Health, New Year's Eve on Cedar Creek Lake in East Texas, Perfect New Year's Eve for Coming 2015, Poetry, Racing thoughts, Shopping, Texas on December 31, 2014| 3 Comments »
“A perfect New Year’s Eve” on Cedar Creek Lake in East Texas. Copyright 2014 John J. Rigo
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A Banner Day, “Over 64,000 Hits” copyright 2014 John J. Rigo, Texas’ Poet
Posted in A Banner Day of Hits on a Texas' Poetry Blog, tagged A Banner day for a Texas Blog site, An award winning Texas poet, Commentary (magazine), Eustace Texas, Gun Barrel City, Gun Barrel City Texas, Henderson County Texas, Over 64000 hits on a Texas' Poetry Blog, Poetry of Texas, Texas, United States, WordPress on December 31, 2014| Leave a Comment »
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As of December 31st, 2014, the “Texas‘ Poetry Site” reached another milestone of 64,000 plus hits. My deepest thanks and appreciation to the WordPress family, and all those who share my spiritual poetry work, as well as my many followers in my new communities in Henderson County, Texas, Eustace, Texas, Gun Barrel City, Texas.
"I Remember Fondly Christmas’ Past" copyright 2005 by John J. Rigo, selection from "Rainbows Amidst Thorns"
Posted in A Pre-Christmas Story and Poem, A Remembrance of Christmas by John J. Rigo, Selection from "Roses Amidst Thorns" published in 2005, tagged A Blessed 2014 Christmas to My WordPress Followers, Calendar, Child Jesus, Christianity, Christmas, Holidays, Jesus, John J. Rigo international poet, Published Poet of two non-profit poetry books, Religion and Spirituality, Showcased in the "Who's Who of international poets, Texas, Winner of Collin County Poetry Award on December 24, 2014| 1 Comment »
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(The little boy’s story in the poem is true and a time from my own past.) This Christmas Season of 2014, I was thinking of my Father. This poem mentions him several times. I remember how dirty he was when he came home from work when I was a little boy. My Father was an iron and steel worker. After he came home and took a bath, my Mother would then attempt to clean the ring out of the bathtub from his bath. Many times with close to a half hour of scrubbing, she still could not get it out. In those days, my Father made about a hundred dollars a week. He worked very hard for that money.
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I remember fondly Christmas’ past our first tree alive with lights before it caught fire later that week. I remember fondly the Christmas with toys. Never before had my brother and I received toys. How angry my Father became when we broke several toys after a few hours of play. It was my Father’s first Christmas bonus as a steel worker. He spent that bonus on toys for us that Christmas. He thought those toys would never break. I remember fondly a special Christmas as a kid when no money was available whatsoever for toys. We found a punch-out cardboard castle in a department store window. One dollar and ninety-eight cents was the price of that castle. My young brother and I played with it for days. A punch-out castle was the best toy we ever had. I remember fondly Christmas past, acting in the church Christmas pageant. I was a little child with the beard of a prophet shaking in a spotlight in the church play. It snowed that night. My best friend and I asked permission to keep wearing the beards. A most beautiful snow floated through the air as we walked home together. The dirty streets of the city were made clean and white with heavy, swirling snow flakes. We sang church carols walking home our arms around each other’s shoulder. How close to baby Jesus we were back then. I remember fondly Christmas’ past when life seemed so much simpler. Joys more easily shared with laughter much deeper than now. Still I thank God that I had those Christmas’ past even to this special day of a new Christmas. Another December which will also will soon be gone into the misty memory of another Christmas’ past."One Night" copyright 2005 John J. Rigo "Rainbows Amidst Storms"
Posted in "Rainbows Amidst Storms" Second Published Book, 2014 Christmas Poetry by Texas' Poet John J. Rigo, A Christmas Poem by John J. Rigo, Winner of Collin County Texas Poetry Award, tagged A Blessed 2014 Christmas to My WordPress Followers, Arts, Child Jesus, Christmas, Christmas Poems, Christmas Posting by John J. Rigo Texas' Poet, Commentary (magazine), God, Jesus, Lord, Poetry, Shepherd, Texas, Wind, WordPress on December 21, 2014| 1 Comment »
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"By His Manger" copyright 2005 John J. Rigo "Rainbows Amidst Storms"
Posted in "By His Manager" A Christmas Poem by John J. RIgo, "Rainbows Amidst Storms" Second Published Book, A Christmas Poem from Stewart-Rigo Winery, A Christmas Poem to Share with my WordPress Followers, tagged A Christ poem from Stewart-Rigo Winery, A Christmas poem from Stewart-Rigo Winery, Arts, Baby Jesus at Christmas, Christmas, Christmas at Cedar Creek Lake 2014, East Texas' winery's, Jesus, Online Writing, Poetry, Religion and Spirituality, Romance, Texas on December 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »
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"Hugs" copyright 2009 John J. Rigo (Revised) upcoming book "Passion Amidst Apathy"
Posted in A Major Connection in Human Relationships, Christmas Hugs A Poem about Hugs by John J. Rigo, Poetry, Texas' Poetry, The Wonder of a Hug, upcoming book "Passion Amidst Apathy", Why "Hugs" are Special this Christmas of 2014, tagged A poem by John J. Rigo a Texas' poet, Forgiveness, God, Health, Hug a friend this Christmas 2014, Hugging our Friends and Relatives this Christmas 2014, Jesus, Love, relationships, Shopping, Showing Love, Stepfamily, Texas, Why are Hugs Special this Christmas 2014, why hugs? on December 17, 2014| Leave a Comment »
There is something wonderous about a hug.
It is a way of saying,”you are special to me.”
A step beyond the boundries of formal convention.
The assurance of a heart touching a heart.
A touch of comfort to calm a grieving heart.
A cheek touching a cheek
with a kiss of greeting.
Whether a man to man
or woman to woman
or man to woman
or woman to man
there are no limits to showing
our love for another.
We are all souls in His creation
with an eternal bond between us all.
The hug is the sign of our sisterhood and brotherhood.
Let it not become forgotten in your life
it is precious honey to the wounds of this life
forever giving
forever loving
in the wonder of love
to us all.
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A Banner Day, “Over 65,000 Hits” copyright 2015 John J. Rigo, Texas’ Poet and Commentator
Posted in 52000 plus hits on a Texas' Poetry Site, A Banner Day of hitting 49000 hits on a WordPress Site, A Banner Day of over 48000 hits on a WordPress Blog, A Banner Day of over 65000 hits on an East Texas' Poet, Beyond 53000 hits on a WordPress Blogger Site, tagged An award winning Texas poet, Award Winning International Poet, Commentary (magazine), Eustace Texas, Gun Barrel City, Gun Barrel City Texas, Henderson County Texas, Over 65000 hits on a Texas' Poetry Site, Poetry of Texas, Texas, United States, WordPress on January 21, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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As of January 21st, 2015, the “Texas‘ Poetry Site” reached another milestone of 65,000 plus hits. My deepest thanks and appreciation to the WordPress family, and all those who share my spiritual poetry work, as well as my Texas’ Commentary posts regarding my new communities in Henderson County, Texas, Eustace, Texas, Gun Barrel City, Texas and the Nation.
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