When you wake up to the alarm bell
To know that you are alive and well
The aches and pains in your limbs say
That you are not disabled in anyway
The clarion call of the raucous horn
Disturbs but gladdens for you can hear
Garbage, stench and burning rubber
Tells you that your sinuses are clear
Shocking scenes in TV, news or print
Remind that choice is within your sight
Giving charity to the poor and destitute
Thank God! You’re the one to donate
Getting wet, cold and freezing away
You have a roof to revive with shelter and fire
You can opt to diet, fast or miss a meal
There’s enough in the larder to eat
A cough, cold, appendix, or bad teeth
Medical help is affordable to treat
Think of the rainbows, blue skies, nature and sea
The world is beautiful, your perceptions tell you 
Welcome to the Friday Loose Bloggers Consortium where Akanksha, Anu, Ashok, Conrad, Delirious, Gaelikaa, Grannymar, Magpie11, Nema, Noor, Ordinary Joe, Paul, Maria the Silver Fox, Rummuser , Will Knott, and I write on the same topic. Please do visit the linked blogs to get seventeen different flavours of the same topic.
This and That, There and Here 
Yes, unlike all other creatures, our sense perceptions enable us to make use of data that is fed in. Quite whether this is a good thing is a moot point. Spiritual seekers try to drop all such abilities to reach the natural stage of pure existence, accepting creation in all its manifestations.
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I sit at your feet Oh Great master!
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‘When you wake up to the alarm bell
To know that you are alive and well….’
AND woken up half the neighbourhood!
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Grannymar–cock-a-doodlr-doo
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Very interesting post. I suppose we all feel pain in a different way.
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Thanks–you brought Old Fosse back into my blog. God bless you.
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Spiritual journeys, although much as Rummuser says here, also accept the approach you are taking. Yours is, after all, one of creation’s manifestations. And a delightful one.
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Thanks Conrad–enjoy the return of another spiritual master.
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Beautiful! Yes, thank God that I am in the position to be able to donate, and not in need of being the recipient!
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Delirious–how all stories merge into each other, don’t they?
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Concise and a perfect summary of the concept of perception. I am a fan 🙂
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Good poem.
Good way of conveying the blessings we take for granted.
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