In the beloved 23rd Psalm there are 119 words; 95 are words of one syllable. In the Sermon on the Mount more than 80 per cent are words of one syllable. In the Ten Commandments, on which are based all the laws of all the world, there are 319 words; 259 are words of one syllable; and only 60 of two and more syllables. In Lincoln’s Address at Gettysburg, perhaps the greatest in the world, there are 255 words. Of these, 194 words are of one syllable; 53 of two syllables; and only 19 of three or more syllables. ~ The Spartanburg Harold-Journal, March 30, 1983.

Truth. No frills, no blooms.
Words not fake or false.
Hope held in a hand.
Sounds of a child.
Love. Kind. Care. Safe.
Hope piled on hope,
Bliss in a kiss, warmth in hugs.
Much, one’s fill. Smiles.
Good mood.
Cloud nine, walk on air.

Twelve steps.
1. Know hope gone.
2. Sense a force that can make sane.
3. Choose to trust the god you grasp.
4. List your fear, your hurt, your wrongs.
5. Tell a friend, count God in.
6. Want to let go of faults.
7. Ask to pass them up as God chose.
8. Made lists of wrongs we hoped to mend.
9. Did the work to heal as we could.
10. Note our acts, take care of  wrongs.
11. Looked for God, said our prayers,
hoped to know his will for us.
12. At peace with life, our hearts made new,
we taught these steps to friends who hurt
and lived them in each day’s life.