Diabetes challenge

Daily tests from a type 1 best

Having diabetes is a skill in itself, 

Knowing what you can or, cannot eat

You are the champion of your own dietary destiny

Hence you can find balance in your commonality .

To work out your sugars is maths on its own,

Calculating carbs in grams of 10, is what you initially need to remember 

Every unit lowers bloods by 2 to 3

Hence the magic of the equation simplifies from what I can see.

To hold back that treat is not always a bad thing 

I did struggle initially and sometimes have a lapse,

Yet that is my challenge, not to be too hard on the blood result 

As learning the skill to balance, food, exercise and the mind

Is generally what we all should manage, 

therefore an education is discovered from those who need to avoid their savage.

15 years of challenges which I have learned so much about my health,

Days where the insulin has not balanced right

And sometimes I often thought I was in some kind of plight.

Now the tables has turned

And the maths has arrived through guile and skill.

Do I like having the condition? No...

But at least I know more about a common condition and I can give advice,

Previously I would struggle with what to eat

Which now this isn’t so difficult to compete.

Jason Andrews

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29th January 2018

Tears of a tennis champion

What can you say?

Life only get better

Swishing and swating, shot after shot,

This person is something special 

A champion who plays with guile and a strong vessel.

The final as expected went back and forth

The Swiss hit winners from all angles,

The Croatian too, wasn’t looking to be scold

As he had the armoury to make Federer fooled.

The aces, the passion, the glaring view to succeed,

Looking towards a goal 

As these two gladiators started to flow.

Victory could have gone either way, for the truth to be told, 

yet it was Federer’s victory and speech to release,

This great champion of 20 slams shed tears of glory, 

from this latest episode of Federer unfolded story.

Jason Andrews

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28th January 2018

“Moral if the story, never quit and never lose heart as the tears of success exudes a wonderful page” x x 🥇

3 words

To say those 3 words can raise a pump to your heart,

A simple diacotomy for a holy brace 

Can take you to a better place.

Warm and friendly words 

To care and bring peace with your heart and mind,

This is aspiration in what we look to find.

Love is to care

Love is to share

Be joyous in harmony’s way

Goodness in strength come from the eyes 

which stay.

A hug, a look and a moment to discover yourself within, 

we all look to find a better view

And to  say those 3 words “I love you’ need no further clue.

Jason Andrews 

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26th January 2018

Difficulty to change

Patience in skill 

Change of the mind, 

Evolving for understanding 

Learn to fall on a kind landing..

Difficult to see with new eyes

Comprehending something new,

How do I process a new way

It’s difficult but then again it’s comes from what your heart and mind openly say.

Open understanding 

Encompassed with a point of view, 

Maybe it’s time for a change?

All you need to do is listen and, possibly give that person a chance 

It’s better than being impatient 

Like a knife digging lance.

The chance to move on or, a chance to remain still,

Both have there place in life 

And both have there good outcomes to touch,

That is why the world of change can mean so much. 

Jason Andrews

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25th January 2018 

Walk in my shoes

So easy to judge

So easy to hold back 

So easy to have an opinion

But then again, so easy to follow a dominion.

We all have our thoughts 

And we all have our wants

Balance is the desired key, or is it?

Some want to give it all

Or focus on a percentage and have reserved it, if we box clever we shall obvious deserve it.

Peace and love

Anger and hate

Elements of an equation 

These all arrive from our traits.

When all is said and done 

We look at the trials we have faced and overcome,

Even when the place looks dark and scary

Don’t knock your abilities for they need to be used 

God bless one and all as these words are to make you think and be amused. xxxx

Jason Andrews

24th January 2018

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Greatest day of my life

Perplexed, angry and bemused

Not a good start to a poem you’ll find 

Actually I probably lose my motive to be kind. 

One day I was hit by bolt of a pray

I Didn’t understand what happened to I,

I then was wondering what to do.. maybe I should sign?

The speck of the eye and the log of your brothers eye came to the fore,

Glory to the almighty, hence I wanted to reach the spiritual core.

My aim was to find balance, humbleness and peace,

Now my perspective has changed

As I now know how to condem the evil beast. 

Like us all,  I have my good and times to face,

Yet with the almighty inside me 

There is spiritual direction and balanced to see.

Jason Andrews 

24th January 2018

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Smile at the world

We look and can I see the world is a tired place

People rushing here and there

Stresses so much, it’s difficult to bear.

I smile with glorious faith and protection

Maybe it’s hard to understand,

As sometimes a smile can also have an affection.

Each day will pose a challenge

I push my body to a inner limit,

Releasing all those endorphins 

Will bin negativity within it.

We try hard to deflect negative souls

Personally I pray for them even when it’s hard

As their story may be reflective on I,

Yet when all is said and done I rather raise the world a smile..., instead of an

Unhappy cry xx

Amen 🙏🏾 

Jason Andrews

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24th January 2018

Keep going

Never the Twain shall meet

Times have changed and not always for the best,

Hostility is there, rudeness is shown

I rather wave and smile politely 

To step above anger... ever so slightly. 

We move with the tide 

And we learn to regroup,

We learn to accept the arrogance people throw

I too have my hiccups, they can sometimes deliver a blow.

Be humble to your heart 

Be humble in your peace 

Love your spirit dearly 

Let others learn from you in your quest 

That’s why balance doesn’t need to be a chaotic mess.

Never claim to be perfect 

And never claim you are always right,

Of course, step your game up to reach the roof

And try to avoid the feeling of a niggling and more often painful tooth. 

Workout your humbleness 

Workout your glory,

This life we leading is only based from your story.

Go placidly, be kind to your dreams

Despite the worlds flaws 

Turn around and hold guile

There shall always be wind up merchants out there 

Yet that only lasts for a while....

Jason Andrews

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21st January 2018

Powerful laughter

Laughter is powerful 

Laughter can be sweet

Laughter can hurt

Laughter brings on the heat.

Totally unexpected when a chuckle hits the fore

Learn to hold containment... sod that!! it’s hurting forevermore.

The boost of a laugh can set your pulse to race

You can laugh at anything 

Even that spot on your face...

To laugh or otherwise cry

The work that happy muscle is cool

It’s better than seeing that miserable git look a fool xxxx

 Lol

Jason Andrews

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20th January 2018

Contain a healthy balance

We live our life’s looking for a healthy balance

We look to recapture health because it’s the shell that keeps us alive

We don’t only want to exist in this world that we survive.

We need peace, balance and calm

A place to deliver good 

A place to look to the heavens and find peace

We look to the righteous one, that in the very least.

We care, we brace, we look to what is right

Sometimes we need to find resolve 

And pull through a challenging fight.

Love to your family and cherish your dear member we pray for at this time 

Holding onto all that is positive and good.

Life is our beginning and eternal end

We hold the truth and stay focused in mind 

Thinking of you, that’s the world I belong.... kind x

Jason Andrews

19th January 2018

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Hang in there

We live our lives to find a path

We learn to become healthy when we turn unwell,

Capturing the good moments to repair ourselves, in our moments to tell.

Our hearts need to pump fuel to survive 

We can lose focus when things aren’t going right,

The fact of the matter we need to hold onto sight.

A positive vibe 

A balanced and mindful walk,

We aim to regain the old you and me

But the fact is, we are new, even when we are tired

We learn to regroup and then start to get fired.

We aim for strength 

And look to recapture balance to spring the mind,

The essence of these words is:

“Do not worry when posed with health as an issue, 

embrace your inner strength 

As you shall always continue to live a healthy durable length.”

Written on behalf of a friend 😉

Jason Andrews 

19th January 2018

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Ignored

If those ignore you 

Pray for them, for they do not know 

A Bizarre request this may sound,

But when forgiveness is tested we often found.

I was angry once for the act I have just said

To be angry doesn’t solve

The bitterness heads to a different direction therefore... scold.

Tell me off and try putting me right,

I look to the ceiling and try to chill 

The balance of life is precious

We all know this,  

yet more often or not we tend to hiss.

Love is a powerful act

It halts many bad things to the core,

We believe and strive to a better place

Hence these words are spiritually written, 

As attainment refuses you to become bitten. xx

Jason Andrews 

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18th January 2018

Speaking from the heart

Speak from the heart 

And hold what’s in the mind,

Learn to be patient and still

And embrace what you humbly feel.

Hold true to your feelings 

And love the life that you live,

If something isn’t right

Learn to simplify the problem and contain all you sight.

Touch the world with your voice 

Hold onto the good times and release the sad,

Pray for the needy who do not know how to deal,

Love and pray as these feelings are surreal. 

Capture the glory and give it to the almighty of High,

There shall always be love

There isn’t always need to cry. 

Learn the walk of life 

Even though you do not know where it may lead, 

Flourish with with will and grace 

And believe you’ll  enter into a better place. 

Jason Andrews 

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18th January 2018

Not to lose focus

It’s  easy to lose the important focus of life

Where life brings challenges 

Life continues to become fast 

Work demands never ease up, and simply last.

You can only try your best 

And focus in the job in hand,

Understand your views 

Break down the tasks to avoid feeling mused.

Stay surreal and try to stay strong 

When the work piles up 

The end appears to feel so long.

Focus and show guile 

I have not always followed this path

Yet the light at the end of the tunnel is always there,

It’s for us to remain positive 

Rather than stay sedate to glare.

Jason Andrews

16th January 2018

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Faith

Faith is a solid road

And none of us knows where it shall lead,

You can control so much

But the faith is a blossoming seed.

Sometimes you can let your guard down 

And sometimes that’s for the best,

Believe in faith and higher power

You soon will  evolve and eventually tower.

I look to the skies and pray for all to have a brighter day

Knowing there are trials and tribulations 

That will sometimes have there say.

Be strong with faith 

Be kind to those who struggle

Like they say “2 wrongs does not make it right”

A faithful light shall release a world so needing to make a little more bright. 

Jason Andrews

16th January 2018

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Princess

Gentle and contrary

Princesses won’t get this vibe

They play danty music 

Which is annoying and a bind.

The gentle nature is masked with a plastic smile

Don’t be fooled by the cunning disguise and wise traits

I rather make fun of them 

By wearing a too too and magic wand 

“Go away princess and learn a more masculine bond!”

To be a fairy in my opinion 

Is to look up and put your head in the clouds,

The nature of the these contrary’s  

Embues unecessary dramatic chant 

A question of a question which ends with a subjective “I can’t”. 

I rather ignore 

And refrain to engage. 

This airy fairy nature can go away 

As I prefer to be in an Ann Summers cage!!!

Jason Andrews

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15th January 2018

Patience with thyself

I don’t want to talk

I need to act,

Then again that comes with patience 

And especially in todays city

That attribute isn’t always there

“Push, push move” the limits of pace is everso rare.

“I need to do this! I need to do that!”

Reactive working has its place

Patience with thyself 

Is hard to find, in any trace. 

We look to the left 

And we look to the right 

Eager to find answers which may not be there 

Impatience with thyself 

Should we be nice to our needs

Ain’t we meant to be growing seeds?

Judgement and anger 

Pace and dislikes

Isn’t the world better than this?

Impatience with our hearts

Embues difficulties from the very start!

We say we need stress to function and move, 

Isn’t it a balance we need to attain? 

Quality with patience does need to be refrained.

Jason Andrews 

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15th January 2018

Reflection

Paths are to be learnt from

And not always boosted,

Yes an achievement is an achievement 

And on reflection needs to be toasted.

Learn from your failures

As they are the hold towards success

Be nice to your demands

And don’t wind up in a place of mess.

Mind you the failure of the goal 

can wry a smile and bring to a level keel 

Philosophy from the test

Shouldnt make you feel any less!!

You need a pen and paper 

And no electronic reference toys,

Relay your thoughts into aims 

As reflection shall bat back any depleted energy which you are capable to tame.

Basically hold the positive and release the negative past, 

Your time on this earth is to embrace 

And for the goodness in your heart.... you are able to face..

Jason Andrews 

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14th January 2018

In my own words

What enters the mind can sometimes stay under lock and key,

Brace a new beginning or accept the words you say

May have consequences, but then again, you have done it your own way.

We aim to achieve 

We aim for inner peace 

We aim to cause chaos 

That’s the sign of the times 

Do I agree with mayhem and noise?

Not really, they are like mindless toys.

The world is angry 

But there is always space for love,

Waving hands in the air serves no purpose 

As harmony is something that is not at all worthless. 

Be nice to you

Be deserving as you are here

No need to be hellbent for pain 

Learn your significance 

As chaos can be tamed.

The world shall always face challenges and quests,

And  to worry in what you think may happen is a sign of unneeded control, 

That’s why life just needs that  moment to reflect..  and for you to flow.

Jason Andrews 

(C) Copyright

13th January 2018

Remember

Remember these words...

Or should you not?

“I may hold you to those words” 

Therefore, a standstill could be begot.

May the year bring you wealth, balance and joy,

May you hold strong through difficulties and challenged times, 

Love and pray conquers all

You may feel like you’ve struggled but in the longer run you be hit with a call.

There is always someone who cares 

even if it’s not the ones that you would expect,

A cry, a yelp a need for love

For I believe in him, therefore humbleness always leads to the righteous above.

I write a sonnet as words that are filled in my veins,

I cry and wish all to become well

These are stories or facts we encounter in Day to day life 

Small beginnings where it starts

The love of the King shall never part.

“1st poem of the year... “

Jason Andrews

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10th January 2018