Positive Thought of the Day ~ Time to Take a Real Walk

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

I see all the time, folks walking, talking on their smart phones, ear pods blaring in their ears. They may be walking, but they’re losing the benefits of the walk. They may as well be on a treadmill. When we walk as Emerson suggests we open ourselves to a vast new experience. Try it. You’ll come back refreshed and renewed.

Today’s Poem ~ Loss and Gain

Loss And Gain
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Virtue runs before the muse
And defies her skill,
She is rapt, and doth refuse
To wait a painter’s will.

Star-adoring, occupied,
Virtue cannot bend her,
Just to please a poet’s pride,
To parade her splendor.

The bard must be with good intent
No more his, but hers,
Throw away his pen and paint,
Kneel with worshippers.

Then, perchance, a sunny ray
From the heaven of fire,
His lost tools may over-pay,
And better his desire.

Today’s Inspiration ~ Life is an Experiment

“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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