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Category: Holidays / Topics: Memorial Day

Take a Walk in a Park

by Greg Asimakoupoulos

Posted: May 25, 2014

It's an exercise in patriotism and gratitude…

Take a walk in a park.
It's a good exercise.
It can get your heart beating quite fast
if the park is a graveyard
and you choose to walk slow
so to ponder the heroes who've passed.

Midst the flags and the flowers
a name can be seen
that identifies who's six feet down.
Why not stop and remember
the price that was paid
that allows you to wear freedom's crown?

A long walk this weekend
will do your heart good.
I am guessing it might skip a beat
as you add up your blessings
and subtract your gripes
giving thanks for the names at your feet.


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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.

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Posted: May 25, 2014

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