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These Are My JOTtings, Part #2
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We live much of life amid unique choices. Joy is anchored in The One beyond our life.
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Living with Quiet
Quiet means, that things are still.
Words unsaid can still be meant.
Gentle souls present good will.
Seated friends, thoughts viewed as sent.
Sometimes quiet means a breach
between two souls, since something's wrong.
To break the ice can help us reach
beyond the chasm, new the song.
Quiet helps the soul to heal
from noisy days of Life's large din.
Peace is one great need so real.
The heart restored. It's health to win.
Quiet lives in night so cold,
that none can stay, and bear it well.
Quiet sips of coffee bold
bespeak a day well lived to tell.
by Jay O’Toole
on December 14th, 2025
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