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Today’s Poem ~ Tell Me

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Tell Me
ean Toomer
Tell me, dear beauty of the dusk,
When purple ribbons bind the hill,
Do dreams your secret wish fulfill,
Do prayers, like kernels from the husk
Come from your lips? Tell me if when
The mountains loom at night, giant shades
Of softer shadow, swift like blades
Of grass seeds come to flower. Then
Tell me if the night winds bend
Them towards me, if the Shenandoah
As it ripples past your shore,
Catches the soul of what you send

Today’s Poem ~ Give Me Strength

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Give Me Strength

Rabindranath Tagore

This is my prayer to thee, my lord—strike,
strike at the root of penury in my heart.

Give me the strength lightly to bear my joys and sorrows.

Give me the strength to make my love fruitful in service.

Give me the strength never to disown the poor or bend my knees before insolent might.

Give me the strength to raise my mind high above daily trifles.

And give me the strength to surrender my strength to thy will with love.

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Today’s Poem ~ Sancta Maria

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Sancta Maria
Edgar Allan Poe
Sancta Maria! turn thine eyes –
Upon the sinner’s sacrifice,
Of fervent prayer and humble love,
From thy holy throne above.
At morn – at noon – at twilight dim –
Maria! thou hast heard my hymn!
In joy and wo – in good and ill –
Mother of God, be with me still!

When the Hours flew brightly by,
And not a cloud obscured the sky,
My soul, lest it should truant be,
Thy grace did guide to thine and thee;

Now, when storms of Fate o’ercast
Darkly my Present and my Past,
Let my Future radiant shine
With sweet hopes of thee and thine!

Today’s Poem ~ A Prayer

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A Prayer
Claude McKay
‘Mid the discordant noises of the day I hear thee calling;
I stumble as I fare along Earth’s way; keep me from falling.

Mine eyes are open but they cannot see for gloom of night:
I can no more than lift my heart to thee for inward light.

The wild and fiery passion of my youth consumes my soul;
In agony I turn to thee for truth and self-control.

For Passion and all the pleasures it can give will die the death;
But this of me eternally must live, thy borrowed breath.

‘Mid the discordant noises of the day I hear thee calling;
I stumble as I fare along Earth’s way; keep me from falling.

Today’s Poem ~ A Prayer

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A Prayer
James Joyce
Again!
Come, give, yield all your strength to me!
From far a low word breathes on the breaking brain
Its cruel calm, submission’s misery,
Gentling her awe as to a soul predestined.
Cease, silent love! My doom!

Blind me with your dark nearness, O have mercy, beloved enemy of my will!
I dare not withstand the cold touch that I dread.
Draw from me still
My slow life! Bend deeper on me, threatening head,
Proud by my downfall, remembering, pitying
Him who is, him who was!

Again!
Together, folded by the night, they lay on earth. I hear
From far her low word breathe on my breaking brain.
Come! I yield. Bend deeper upon me! I am here.
Subduer, do not leave me! Only joy, only anguish,
Take me, save me, soothe me, O spare me!

Today’s Inspiration ~ A Prayer to Begin the Day

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“Lord, help me to do great things as though they were little, since I do them with your power; And little things as though they were great, since I do them in your name!” ~ Blaise Pascal

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👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Choose to Decide

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Some decisions are easy and others difficult. Seek counsel, think, and pray about the tough decisions. Then dare to decide. Tough decisions have no certitude. They are often a leap of faith. No fear. Take a chance.

Longevity Hack: Faith filled people Have a Longevity Edge

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“If you feel better after your daily meditation or prayers, it shouldn’t surprise you to find out that statistics show that the majority of people who live to ages over 100 have a strong faith. In addition to quiet individual spiritual practice they often enjoy participating in their own religious community and attending regular church services.”

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A Prayer ~ Max Ehrmann

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 A Prayer 
 Max Ehrmann
 

 Let me do my work each day; and if the darkened hours of despair
 overcome me, may I not forget the strength that comforted me
 in the desolation of other times.
 May I still remember the bright hours that found me walking over
 the silent hills of my childhood, or dreaming on the margin of a quiet
 river, when a light glowed within me, and I promised my early God
 to have courage amid the tempests of the changing years.
 Spare me from bitterness and from the sharp passions of unguarded
 moments. May I not forget that poverty and riches are of the spirit.
 Though the world knows me not, may my thoughts and actions be
 such as shall keep me friendly with myself.
 Lift up my eyes from the earth, and let me not forget the uses of the
 stars.  Forbid that I should judge others lest I condemn myself.
 Let me not follow the clamor of the world, but walk calmly in my
 path.
 Give me a few friends who will love me for what I am; and keep ever
 burning before my vagrant steps the kindly light of hope.
 And though age and infirmity overtake me, and I come not within
 sight of the castle of my dreams, teach me still to be thankful for
 life, and for time’s olden memories that are good and sweet; and
 may the evening’s twilight find me gentle still.

Today’s Reflection ~ Advice for Living

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Let every step you take upon the earth be as a prayer. ~ Black Elk

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