“Above all shadows rides the sun.”
“The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.” Gilbert K. Chesterton
Note: We lift ourselves when we lift others. No one is left behind.
Joe:e “I have trouble breathing when I sleep and it’s not sleep apnea.”
Pete: “What is it?”
Joe: “It’s my girlfriend holding a pillow over my face.”
I’m Nobody! Who Are You? (260)
Emily Dickinson
I’m Nobody! Who are you?
Are you – Nobody – too?
Then there’s a pair of us!
Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know!
How dreary – to be – Somebody!
How public – like a Frog –
To tell one’s name – the livelong June –
To an admiring Bog!
“Keep a source of inspiration within reach. To help you through the tough and uninspired times, keep something close at hand that will bring you happiness and connection. It may be a photo of your family or a mentor, a book or a collection of quotations that speak to you.” Source
NOTE: Each of us will face tough times now and then. It’s easier to face them if we’ve already built a foundation that stabilizes us. When I need inspiration I go to a series of sports related videos that resonate with me where the athlete triumphs during an unexpectedly hard competition. I feel as if I am channeling their energy. Discover what works for you and make it part of your foundation.
Prisms
Laura Riding Jackson
What is beheld through glass seems glass.
The quality of what I am
Encases what I am not,
Smooths the strange world.
I perceive it slowly
In my time,
In my material,
As my pride,
As my possession:
The vision is love.
When life crashes like a cracked pane,
Still shall I love
Even the slight grass and the patient dust.
Death also sees, though darkly,
And I must trust then as now
Only another kind of prism
Through which I may not put my hands to touch.
Joe: “I took my 4 year old son shopping with me. When we got home. I discovered he stole a candy bar.”
Pete: “What did you do?”
Joe: We drove back to the mall and went into a jewelry store.”
