[The faint shadow of the morning moon?]
Yone Noguchi
The faint shadow of the morning moon?
Nay, the snow falling on the earth.
The mist of blossoming flowers?
Nay, poetry smiling up the sky.
nature
Thinking Out Loud ~ Getting Outside is Good for the Spirit
Let the Sun Shine
Thoreau writes in “Walking,” “I, who cannot stay in my chamber for a single day without acquiring some rust, and when sometimes I have stolen forth for a walk at the eleventh hour or four o’clock in the afternoon, too late to redeem the day, when the shades of night were already beginning to be mingled with the daylight, have felt as if I had committed some sin to be atoned for.” Pg. 736
Walking is available online and gutenberg.org under the Harvard Classics.
NOTE: When I read this passage I felt that Thoreau was speaking of me. I’ve always been an early riser. Once I wake, the sooner i get out of the house the happier I am. It may be one reason I moved to South Texas. I love the sunshine. If I go two or three days without sunshine I begin to get antsy. I recall extended periods of cloudiness when I lived in a northern climate and my joy when the sun returned. There is something to getting outside and letting one’s feet touch the earth and one’s eyes seeing the beauty that has always surrounded us.
Daily Quotes to Brighten Your Day
“There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature.”
Inspiring Quote for Today ~ Learn Nature’s Lessons
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”
Feel Good Tip of The Day ~ Avoid the Rattlesnakes
I live in south Texas. I enjoy walking on nature trails. When I walk on a nature trail I am always alert for rattlesnakes. When I spot a rattlesnake I give it a wide berth. It doesn’t make sense to walk up close to it, nothing good is going to happen. What’s true in walking in nature is also true in our daily lives. Avoid the rattlesnakes whenever possible. Don’t hang out with them. Tune them out when you can’t avoid them, then leave as soon as possible. Life will be happier,
Poem of the Day ~ God’s World
God’s World
Edna St. Vincent Millay
O world, I cannot hold thee close enough!
Thy winds, thy wide grey skies!
Thy mists, that roll and rise!
Thy woods, this autumn day, that ache and sag
And all but cry with colour! That gaunt crag
To crush! To lift the lean of that black bluff!
World, World, I cannot get thee close enough!
Long have I known a glory in it all,
But never knew I this:
Here such a passion is
As stretcheth me apart, – Lord, I do fear
Thou’st made the world too beautiful this year;
My soul is all but out of me, – let fall
No burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call.
Inspiring Quote for Today ~ Take Time Out to Step Into Nature
“Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods.
Wash your spirit clean.
Poem for Today ~ The Wind
The Wind
Robert Louis Stevenson
I saw you toss the kites on high
And blow the birds about the sky;
And all around I heard you pass,
Like ladies’ skirts across the grass–
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!
I saw the different things you did,
But always you yourself you hid.
I felt you push, I heard you call,
I could not see yourself at all–
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!
O you that are so strong and cold,
O blower, are you young or old?
Are you a beast of field and tree,
Or just a stronger child than me?
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!
Inspiring Quote for Today ~ It’s All Around Us
“Around us, life bursts with miracles, a glass of water, a ray of sunshine,
a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops.”
Poem for Today ~ On the Hills of Dawn
On the Hills of Dawn
Alexander Posey
Behold, the morning-glory’s sky-blue cup
Is mine wherewith to drink the nectar up
That morning spills of silver dew,
And song upon the winds that woo
And sigh their vows
Among the boughs!
Behold, I’m rich in diamonds rare,
And pearls, and breathe a golden air;
My room is filled with shattered beams
Of light; my life is one of dreams,
In my hut on
The hills of dawn.
