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Poem for Today

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You Love Me – You Are Sure

Emily Dickinson

You love me — you are sure —
I shall not fear mistake —
I shall not cheated wake —
Some grinning morn —
To find the Sunrise left —
And Orchards — unbereft —
And Dollie — gone!

I need not start — you’re sure —
That night will never be —
When frightened — home to Thee I run —
To find the windows dark —
And no more Dollie — mark —
Quite none?

Be sure you’re sure — you know —
I’ll bear it better now —
If you’ll just tell me so —
Than when — a little dull Balm grown —
Over this pain of mine —
You sting — again!

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Poem for Today ~ God Alone is Enough

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God Alone is Enough

St. Teresa of Avila

Let nothing upset you,
let nothing startle you.
All things pass;
God does not change.
Patience wins
all it seeks.
Whoever has God
lacks nothing:
God alone is enough.   

 

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Inspiring Quote for Today ~ Good Will Prevail

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“Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.”

John Steinbeck

Poem of the Day ~ Faith

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Faith

Edgar Albert Guest

I believe in the world and its bigness and splendor:
That most of the hearts beating round us are tender;
That days are but footsteps and years are but miles
That lead us to beauty and singing and smiles:
That roses that blossom and toilers that plod
Are filled with the glorious spirit of God.

I believe in the purpose of everything living:
That taking is but the forerunner of giving;
That strangers are friends that we some day may meet;
And not all the bitter can equal the sweet;
That creeds are but colors, and no man has said
That God loves the yellow rose more than the red.

I believe in the path that to-day I am treading,
That I shall come safe through the dangers I’m dreading;
That even the scoffer shall turn from his ways
And some day be won back to trust and to praise;
That the leaf on the tree and the thing we call Man
Are sharing alike in His infinite plan.

I believe that all things that are living and breathing
Some richness of beauty to earth are bequeathing;
That all that goes out of this world leaves behind
Some duty accomplished for mortals to find;
That the humblest of creatures our praise is deserving,
For it, with the wisest, the Master is serving.

 

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Inspiring Quote for Today ~ It’s Never Too Late

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“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

George Eliot

Poem for Today ~ Where the Mind is Without Fear

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Where the Mind is Without Fear

Tagore

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

 

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Thinking Out Loud ~ There are Moments of Light

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Victor Frankl in Man’s Search for Meaning describes an incident where he was speaking to fellow prisoners about finding meaning in their suffering. He said, “I also mentioned the past; all its joys, and how its light shone even in the present darkness. I quoted a poet to avoid sounding like a preacher, “What you have experienced no power on earth can take from you.” Not only our experiences, but all we have done whatever great thoughts we may have had, and all we have suffered all this it is not lost. Though it is past; we have brought it into being. I told them they must not lose hope but should keep their courage .…” p. 90

NOTE: Each of us has moments of light, joy, and happiness in our past. These are our treasured memories. We can recall specific events where everything seemed to come together. Perhaps it was the moment we fell in love. It may have been a vacation, the birth of a child, there is something there for each of us. When things are not going well for us, we can step aside and recall moments when it did go well for us. In recalling these moments, we have our hope restored. We know there will be another day and that good things will once again come our way.

Something to Think About ~ Give the Gift of Hope

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Victor Frankl in Man’s Search for Meaning speaks of a man losing all hope, and when he had lost all hope, he died. Frankl says, “Those who know how close the connection is between the state of mind of a man, his courage, and hope, or lack of them, and the state of immunity in his body will understand that a sudden loss of hope and courage can have a deadly effect. . . . When speaking of his friend who died, Frankl said, “His faith in the future, and his will to live, had become paralyzed, and his body fell victim to illness. Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on, he was so lost.” Pps 84-85

NOTE: One of the greatest gifts we can give each other is the gift of hope. Hope is the anchor to tomorrow. Hope gives us something to look forward to. It gives us something to wait with expectation of receiving. Hope is a gift of life. It is an emotional transfusion that reignites the life spark in a human being.

Something to Think About ~ Keep Looking Ahead

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Victor Frankl in Man’s Search for Meaning speaks of prisoners who gave up all hope, “A man who let himself decline because he could not see any future goal found himself occupied with retrospective thoughts. . . .  They preferred to close their eyes, and to live in the past. Life for such people became meaningless. Yet, in reality, there was an opportunity and a challenge. One could make a victory of these experiences, turning life into an inner triumph, or one could ignore the challenge, and simply vegetate, as did a majority of the prisoners.” Pps. 82-83

Note: Frankl’s description of the prisoners is applicable to us. We need to find meaning in our lives, in our everyday actions. When we don’t have meaning in our lives we, like the prisoners Frankl describes, live in the past when we replay grievances and fail to forgive. When we let go of those things that continue to drag us into the past it is easier to get engaged in something meaningful (there are an infinite number of possibilities) keeping an eye on tomorrow. Keep looking ahead, never backward.

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