25 NEW YEAR WISHES
Author Lucille Cortese
more flowers, less weeds
more sunshine, less rain
more listening, less talking
more dancing, less watching
more laughter, less tears
more love, less hate
more peace, less war
more faith, less apathy
more hope, less cynicism
more joy, less sorrow
more play, less work
more silliness, less anger
more acceptance, less prejudice
more outdoors, less inside
more arts, less drugs
more friends, less foes
more jokes, less judgment
more smiles, less frowns
more humility, less arrogance
more spontaneous, less control
more global, less local
more schools, less prisons
more books, less guns
more pizza, less kale
more you, less me
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Living my personal mission statement, “Each One, Teach One,” my greatest blessing is being the mother of two, grandmother of three and a lifelong educator. A graduate of UF and UNF, I am the former principal of St. Paul’s Catholic School in Jacksonville Beach, Florida and executive director of Tree Hill Nature Center in Jacksonville.
Since retirement my avocation is now my vocation – freelance writing. The technical writing of past professional life evolved into more creative genres of poetry, short fiction and memoir. My goal is to invoke the entire spectrum of human emotions in my reader: longing to laughter, pain to promise, despair to discernment.
