The Simple Project
Re-Discovering The Simple Joys of Life
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The
Simple Project
The Fun Work of Re-Discovering
The Simple Joys of Life
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by
Charles Preston Fletcher
This is a book about the Beauty, the Simplicity, and the Power of Love.
God’s love for us
Our love for God
Gratitude for what we have
Hope for something better
The inspiration that love can give
The sharing of our special loves with others
Poems that can make us smile
A few parting thoughts
~ Charles Preston Fletcher ~
This is a handy chair-side companion to pleasantly help you with the fun work of rediscovering the simple joys of life.
Charles Preston Fletcher has made it his life’s pleasant passion to share God’s love with others by simply learning a little more each day of how to recognize and more fully appreciate the “Simple Joys” that God has brought into his life.
These are lessons that the author has learned to more fully recognize, and to utilize, by them shedding light on the blessings in his own life. Mr. Fletcher shares with you the healing power of a grateful attitude.
The Simple Project includes learning to more fully appreciate God’s love in our own lives. The joy of sharing that love with others in simple ways is a powerful tool. The positive healing powers of love, gratitude, hope and inspiration go a long way in accomplishing that goal. God gives us the power to more fully appreciate and share these simple yet very powerful gifts by opening a window to our souls that lets in more of the light that helps each of us to grow.
The “Simple Joys” and their discovery keeps each of us on a pleasant journey.
Charles Preston Fletcher
Thank you for your interest in this short, but varied collection of poems. They each shed light on a piece of the puzzle that makes up the journey of our lives. These are pieces that I have discovered with my own heart and eyes.
The SIMPLE PROJECT is a project of self-discovery.
The author has companion volumes to
The SIMPLE PROJECT
All with like-minded, easy reading poetry
If you like this collection, I invite you to read
SIMPLE THINGS The Fun Work of Re-Discovering The Simple Joys of Life (Revisited).
ISBN 978-1-4624-0340-0
It is the 1st of several volumes in the works, of poems written in a similar style, with a shared purpose.
The SIMPLE PROJECT of re-discovering the simple joys in life does not happen overnight, but is done with simple daily steps that take a lifetime. The SIMPLE PROJECT is a very personal approach that works best through its sharing. The results of its work can be very beneficial. If you have a curiosity and a desire to know more I welcome your visit
My website:
www.charlesprestonfletcher.com
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Author’s Note to Reader:
The book is written in an easy to follow conversational style that makes it easy and pleasant to read. Read for a while, then put it down, and later come back for more.
This book and other books by the author will become comfortable and trusted chair-side companions. Offering you a pleasant break from your day, for as long as you can stay, the poems of the book are always at the ready, to be picked-up again, to enjoy by yourself, or to share with a friend.
Vol. 2 Table of Contents Section Headings
Section 1 ~Love (and Faith)
Section 2~Gratitude
Section 3~Sharing
Section 4~Hope
Section 5~Inspiration
Section 6~Smile
Heart of Our Gift
There are only two views that matter
On anything that we face
Your view and the views of others
And the World will constantly ask you
“Which one will you take?”
When from the World your convictions you hide
You are not really helping the World
And on the inside you have just as good as died
Jesus didn’t sugarcoat His words
And neither should you and I
The Gospel is not cheap
And neither are you
Stand up for the Gospel in whatever you do
And the Gospel will keep its promise
To do the same for you
Winning the favor of power-brokers
Need not be on our mind
Jesus’ favorite audiences
Were the Needy, the Sinner,
The Outcast and the Blind
Love is a Gift
Of the purest, strongest kind
And the Life that Love gives
Is what can keep our deepest Hope
Alive
The key of Faith is both seen and unseen
The honest faith of the humble believer
Is the only key ever needed
To unlock the gifts of God
For all Eternity
Anywhere – Anything – Anytime
Anywhere you are…God is near!
Anything you need…God will hear!
Anytime you need God…God is there!
God cares that you are scared
God cares that you are hurting
God knows when you feel alone
God: A friend to lend a hand, a sympathetic ear
Seeing what you view
And knowing what you are going through
God who will always let you know
Of all the kindness that is present in your soul
Of which you might not even know
God will hold up a mirror and show you who He sees
Looking back at you
And there are no hidden mysteries
Blemishes, bruised egos, huge egos, or no egos at all
Whatever faults you have God has seen them all
You are not the worst that He has had
You are not too far gone
You are not beyond repair
You are worth saving
Spend a penny, a nickel, a dime
Or spend nothing at all except your time
Call Him. God is already on the line
God can be found, from anywhere,
for help with anything, at any time.
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About the Book
This is a handy chair-side companion to help you with re-discovering the simple joys of life. These are lessons that the author has used in his own life and wishes to share with you. The Simple Project includes love of oneself and others, the use of positive life attitudes, and always a sense of gratitude. The topics of love, gratitude, hope, and inspiration are just a few of the tools that we will use on our journey to re-discover the Simple Joys of Life.
We start out our lives with a strong sense of simple curiosity. We lose the joy to be found in simple things themselves. The Simple Project helps us to get some of that joy back.
The best of life is found in faith: the strength of our faith in God, the strength of our faith in others, and the strength of our faith in ourselves.
Both our love and our faith are strengthened by never giving up. At some point in our lives, many of us come to realize that it is the strength we find in the selfless love of Jesus Christ that is all that has held us up.
“The journey of self-discovery can be frightening, exhilarating, confusing, liberating, and often best undertaken accompanied by a caring voice. Charles Preston’s poetry shiningly serves as such a voice for all who wish to begin a journey of their own.”
—Suzanne Beeson, Ph.D.
The project to simplify our lives is where we find the miracles of life. Our lives are a gift that we’ve been given simply by the living of them.
About the Author
Charles Preston Fletcher is a graduate of DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, and he has dedicated himself to the service of others across the United States, Mexico, and Canada, with friends in every corner of the globe. Mr. Fletcher has focused his life on sharing God’s love in simple ways. The author lives modestly with his wife, Rebecca, in Middletown, Indiana.