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Friday, May 01, 2026

The 9 Life Guiding Principles The App

So I made and app for my 9 life guiding principles.

 https://guide-life-path.base44.app

It has all the principles with an easy to use interface, along with a 27 question self assessment so you can see how you are doing.  Repeat the test every so often to see if you are improving or maybe some life event has happened that is affecting things.  Also a link to another app I made for tracking workouts.  Best of Luck. 

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Think on lessons dearly bought, 

Push the limits you have sought, 

Rest and heal what years have wrought.  

 

Give your strength to those in deed, 

Hold the bonds that truly feed, 

Light the fire that others need.


Seek the wisdom of the past, 

Walk where nature may not last, 

Take what makes you strong and fast.

 



 

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Hello Mother

(a villanelle for my mother Shirley)

by Cecil Smith

 

A Mother's love transmutes the skin and air.

I hear a voice but it is dark as night,

Hello Mother are you really there?

 

A cut, a scrape, a bandage will repair,

As bedtime nears, she is hidden from sight,

A Mother's love transmutes the skin and air.

 

Gently nudged from out the nest we share,

"Spread your wings child," afraid I take my flight,

Hello Mother are you really there?

 

I see her now in my child's eyes and hair,

Trying my best, it's hard to get things right,

A Mother's love transmutes the skin and air.

 

The roles are reversed, now she needs care,

Eyes are empty where they once glowed bright,

Hello Mother are you really there?

 

One moment longer, at the stone I stare,

No clouds this day, the Sun casts warmth in light,

A Mother's love transmutes the skin and air. 

Hello Mother are you really there?