The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science ~ Albert Einstein
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The Comet ~ A Poem by Albert Durant Watson
The Comet
Albert Durant Watson
SPECTRAL, mysterious, flame-like thing
Cleaving the western night,
Waking from chrysalis-dream to fling
Out of thy spirit’s long chastening
Far-flashing streams of light,
Tell us thy thought of the things that are;
How doth the morning sing?
What hast thou seen in the worlds afar?
Tell us thy dream, O thou silvery star,
Bird with the white-flame wing.
What though the glow of thy fading ray
Dim and elusive seem,
Constant thou art to the sun’s bright sway
Faithful and true in thy tireless way,
True in thy spectral gleam.
Rising anew from thine ancient pyre,
Vapour and dust thy frame,
Still art thou Psyche, the soul’s desire,
Wingless, save when from reefs of fire
Mounting in shaft of flame.
Today’s Positive Thought ~ Experience the Mysterious
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science (Albert Einstein)”
Do you dare let yourself wonder at what you don’t know and cannot fathom? One can capture this sense of wonder by simply watching a butterfly, gazing at night at one of the constellations, or holding a new born child. Capture the wonder and experience the mysterious.
Something to Think About
Einstein said, “There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle. The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.” When we experience the mysterious we experience life as wonder. We begin to ask questions not so much to gain answers but to open us up to discover new questions to ask. The deeper we delve into the mysterious the more we understand that understanding the mysterious is like peeling an onion one layer at time. There is always a new layer.
