Daybreak
John Donne
STAY, O sweet and do not rise!
The light that shines comes from thine eyes;
The day breaks not: it is my heart,
Because that you and I must part.
Stay! or else my joys will die
And perish in their infancy.
love
Today’s Poem: Life’s Mirror by Madeline S. Bridges
Life’s Mirror
Madeline S. Bridges
There are loyal hearts, there are spirits brave,
There are souls that are pure and true;
Then give to the world the best that you have,
And the best will come back to you.
Give love, and love to your life will flow,
A strength in your utmost need;
Have faith, and a score of hearts will show
Their faith in your work and deed.
Give truth, and your gift will be paid in kind,
And honor will honor meet;
And the smile which is sweet will surely find
A smile that is just as sweet.
Give sorrow and pity to those who mourn;
You will gather in flowers again
The scattered seeds from your thought outborne
Though the sowing seemed but vain.
For life is the mirror of king and slave,
‘Tis just what we are and do;
Then give to the world the best that you have
And the best will come back to you.
Today’s Quote: Love is All
Love received and love given comprise the best form of therapy. ~ Gordon Allport
Today’s Poem: Once a Great Love by Yehuda Amichai
Once a Great Love
Yehuda Amichai
Once a great love cut my life in two.
The first part goes on twisting
at some other place like a snake cut in two.
The passing years have calmed me
and brought healing to my heart and rest to my eyes.
And I’m like someone standing in the Judean desert, looking at a sign:
“Sea Level”
He cannot see the sea, but he knows.
Thus I remember your face everywhere
at your “face Level.”
Today’s Thought: Happy Birthday, America
Things we take for granted: good health, love, friendship, and freedom. We feel great until we don’t. We’ve all had backaches. They’re no fun. We’re in love and it feels great until love no longer is nearby. For those of us who live in free countries, we’re free until we’re not. Whether it’s health, love, friendship, or freedom, they take constant vigilance to maintain. Freedom in U.S. came at the price of the lives of many brave men and women. One thing we can agree on is that we are a free people and we will always be vigilant to protect our freedom. Happy Birthday, America!
Today’s Poem: Always by Pablo Neruda
Always
Pablo Neruda
I am not jealous
of what came before me.
Come with a man
on your shoulders,
come with a hundred men in your hair,
come with a thousand men between your breasts and your feet,
come like a river
full of drowned men
which flows down to the wild sea,
to the eternal surf, to Time!
Bring them all
to where I am waiting for you;
we shall always be alone,
we shall always be you and I
alone on earth
to start our life!
Today’s Quote: Where it All Comes Together
You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. ~ Victor Hugo
Today’s Thought: Don’t Wait Until It is Too Late
I live on a cul-de-sac. Two of the homes are getting new roofs today. My roof replacement is scheduled for this month. A lot of homes in my area have already had new roofs. All of this is a result of a spring hail storm. You don’t think about getting a roof replaced untl you need your roof replaced. That’s a lot like life. We don’t think about our health until something happens. When it does we do all we can to get back to a healthy state. Like our roof, we often take our health for granted. It’s the same way with relationships. We may take our relationship with the most important people in our lives for granted. When we lose one of these people it strikes to our core because they can’t be replaced like a roof. Don’t take the important things in your life for granted. They are gifts. Work at staying healthy. Work at letting those close to you know you love them. You’ll never regret doing so.
Today’s Quote: Love Flows to Where it is Needed
Love is creative. It does not flow along the easy paths, spending itself in the attractive. It cuts new channels, goes where it is needed. ~ Evelyn Underhill
Today’s Poem: A Prayer by Max Ehrmann
A Prayer
Max Ehrmann
Let me do my work each day; and if the darkened hours of despair
overcome me, may I not forget the strength that comforted me
in the desolation of other times.
May I still remember the bright hours that found me walking over
the silent hills of my childhood, or dreaming on the margin of a quiet
river, when a light glowed within me, and I promised my early God
to have courage amid the tempests of the changing years.
Spare me from bitterness and from the sharp passions of unguarded
moments. May I not forget that poverty and riches are of the spirit.
Though the world knows me not, may my thoughts and actions be
such as shall keep me friendly with myself.
Lift up my eyes from the earth, and let me not forget the uses of the
stars. Forbid that I should judge others lest I condemn myself.
Let me not follow the clamor of the world, but walk calmly in my
path.
Give me a few friends who will love me for what I am; and keep ever
burning before my vagrant steps the kindly light of hope.
And though age and infirmity overtake me, and I come not within
sight of the castle of my dreams, teach me still to be thankful for
life, and for time’s olden memories that are good and sweet; and
may the evening’s twilight find me gentle still.
