happiness

Today’s Poem: Happiest by George Sterling

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Happiest

George Sterling

Calling you now, not for your flesh I call,
   Nor for the mad, long raptures of the night
   And passion in its beauty and its might,
When the ecstatic bodies rise and fall.
I cannot feign:  God knows I see it all—
   The flaming senses, raving with delight,
   The leopards, swift and terrible and white,
Within the loins that shudder as they crawl.

All that could I exultingly forego,
   Could I but stand, one flash of time, and see
Your heavenly, entrancing face, and know
   I stood most blest of all beneath the sun,
   Hearing these words from your fond lips to me:
       “I love, love you, and love no other one!”

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Today’s Poem: I do not love you very much, by Dollie Radford

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I do not love you very much,

Dollie Radford

I DO not love you very much,
Only your tuneful voice,
Which, in a happy moment, takes
The music of my choice.
I do not love you, dear, at all,
Only your merry ways,
Which linger in my mind, and set
Me dreaming through the days.
In truth, I think it is dislike
You kindle in my heart,
Because you come so joyously
To steal so large a part.

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Today’s Poem: Ode to Joy by Friedrich von Schiller

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Ode to Joy

Friedrich von Schiller

O friends, not these clays!
But let’s tune into more pleasant ones
And happier!

Joy, beautiful spark of the gods,
Daughter from Elysium,
We enter, drunk with fire,
heavenly thy sanctuary!
your spells bind again,
What fashion Strictly divided;
All people become brothers,
Where your gentle wing rests

Whoever made the big hit
to be a friend’s friend
Whoever has won a devoted wife,
Mix in his cheers!
Yes, who even has a soul
His names on the earth round!
And whoever hasn’t been able to steal
Weeping out of this covenant

All beings drink joy
At nature’s brushes;
All good, all bad
Follow their trail of roses
She gave us kisses and vines,
A friend tried in death;
Pleasure was given to the worm,
And the cherub stands before God!

Happy how his suns fly
Through Heaven’s magnificent plan,
Run, brother, your course,
Happy like a hero to victory

Be embraced, millions
This kiss for the whole world!
Brothers! Over the starry tent
Must live a dear father
You fall down, millions?
Do you sense the Creator, world?
Look for him over the starry sky!
He must dwell above the stars

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Today’s Quote: Turn on the Light

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Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. ~ J. K. Rowling

Today’s Quote: It’s All About Letting Go

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Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Today’s Quote: Listen for the Music, It’s There

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Everywhere was singing, all over the house was singing, and outside the house was alive with singing, and the very air was song. ~ Richard Llewellyn

Today’s Thought: Happiness Happens

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One thing no one should ever give away is the right to choose what makes one happy. When we allow another’s words or actions to make us happy or unhappy we cede control of our happiness to that person. Retaining control of our happiness requires us to love and forgive ourselves and make an effort to make our self, our best friend. When we are in a state of knowing, loving, and forgiving ourselves we discover that happiness happens. It’s wherever we are. We don’t have search for it.

Today’s Poem: Music in My Soul by Marcus Mosiah Garvey

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Music in My Soul

Marcus Mosiah Garvey

There’s music in my soul today,
A joy of heart not there before:
This state of conscience I relay
To rich and proud and meek and poor.

There’s music in my happy Soul:
From Heaven’s realm doth truly flow
This music in my happy Soul,
My conscience tells me riglitly so.

My song of joy I sing to you:
Let peace and love forever be
Among ye men of every hue,
Of every land and charted sea.

I crave no other fortune great,
But joy to live in peace with God;
My hopes are fixed on His Estate,
In faith so true as prophets had.

This music in my soul today
I spread in truth with love unfurled;
On waves of cheer it goes, I pray,
To reach around the belted world.

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Today’s Poem: Good by R. S. Thomas

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Good

R. S. Thomas

The old man comes out on the hill
and looks down to recall earlier days
in the valley. He sees the stream shine,
the church stand, hears the litter of
children’s voices. A chill in the flesh
tells him that death is not far off
now: it is the shadow under the great boughs
of life. His garden has herbs growing.
The kestrel goes by with fresh prey
in its claws. The wind scatters the scent
of wild beans. The tractor operates
on the earth’s body. His grandson is there
ploughing; his young wife fetches him
cakes and tea and a dark smile. It is well.

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Today’s Thought: Walk Away from the Drama

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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

I sleep well. I get my seven to eight hours each night. I dream a lot. Most dreams I don’t recall. I rarely have a dream where I wake up and wonder how I’ll go back to sleep. I think one reason I sleep well is that I work at staying away from the drama. Drama comes in all shapes and sizes. The digital news pours it on non stop. People who have drama in their lives like to unload it on anyone who’s close by. Stay away from those folks. I was talking to a guy the other day and he wanted to talk about politics. He’s a nice guy when he’s not into the political thing. I told him I was leaving the conversation because I valued being at peace more than I valued continuing the political discussion with him. I’ve learned that it’s okay to walk away from drama-filled situations. If you can reduce the times and the types of people who fill the room with drama, you’ll find yourself much happier.

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