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Today’s Poem ~ The Stars are Mansions Built by Nature’s Hand

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The Stars are Mansions Built by Nature’s Hand

William Wordsworth

THE stars are mansions built by Nature’s hand,
And, haply, there the spirits of the blest
Dwell, clothed in radiance, their immortal vest;
Huge Ocean shows, within his yellow strand,
A habitation marvellously planned,
For life to occupy in love and rest;
All that we see–is dome, or vault, or nest,
Or fortress, reared at Nature’s sage command.
Glad thought for every season! but the Spring
Gave it while cares were weighing on my heart,
‘Mid song of birds, and insects murmuring;
And while the youthful year’s prolific art–
Of bud, leaf, blade, and flower–was fashioning
Abodes where self-disturbance hath no part.

 

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Today’s Poem ~ My Heart Leaps Up

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My heart Leaps Up

William Wadsworth

My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The Child is father of the Man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.

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Think About It ~ Take the Time

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Take the time the to gaze at a beautiful sunset and wonder. Take the time to walk outside in the dark night and look up to the sky and wonder. Take the time to let a baby curl his/her fingers around your pinkie and wonder. Take the time to watch birds darting around and wonder. Life is beautiful and full of wonder. We are a part of it. Take time to gaze at yourself in the mirror and wonder. You are a miracle.

Today’s Poem ~ Sit Smiling

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Sit Smiling
Rabindranath Tagore
I boasted among men that I had known you.
They see your pictures in all works of mine.
They come and ask me, `Who is he?’
I know not how to answer them. I say, `Indeed, I cannot tell.’
They blame me and they go away in scorn.
And you sit there smiling. I put my tales of you into lasting songs.
The secret gushes out from my heart.
They come and ask me, `Tell me all your meanings.’
I know not how to answer them.
I say, `Ah, who knows what they mean!’
They smile and go away in utter scorn.
And you sit there smiling.

Today’s Poem ~ In Love for Long

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In Love For Long
Edwin Muir
I’ve been in love for long
With what I cannot tell
And will contrive a song
For the intangible
That has no mould or shape,
From which there’s no escape.

It is not even a name,
Yet is all constancy;
Tried or untried, the same,
It cannot part from me;
A breath, yet as still
As the established hill.

It is not any thing,
And yet all being is;
Being, being, being,
Its burden and its bliss.
How can I ever prove
What it is I love?

This happy happy love
Is sieged with crying sorrows,
Crushed beneath and above
Between todays and morrows;
A little paradise
Held in the world’s vice.

And there it is content
And careless as a child,
And in imprisonment
Flourishes sweet and wild;
In wrong, beyond wrong,
All the world’s day long.

This love a moment known
For what I do not know
And in a moment gone
Is like the happy doe
That keeps its perfect laws
Between the tiger’s paws
And vindicates its cause.

Today’s Good Word ~ Whole

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Don’t let one bad moment obliterate the whole day. Let the moment go and embrace the wholeness of the good things the day holds for you. When we stare at the dark moment, we lose sight of the totality of our potential experience. If one counted the good things that happened during a day and the negative moments, the ratio would be 100 to 1 in favor of the good things. Look at the whole picture not a tiny moment. You’re going to have a great day.

Something to Think About

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Einstein said, “There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle. The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.” When we experience the mysterious we experience life as wonder. We begin to ask questions not so much to gain answers but to open us up to discover new questions to ask. The deeper we delve into the mysterious the more we understand that understanding the mysterious is like peeling an onion one layer at time. There is always a new layer.

Today’s Smile 😃

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Fact: Cows Have Best Friends

Cows tend to experience lower levels of stress when they’re hanging out with their friend!

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Today’s Smile 😃

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Fact: Sea otters hold hands when they sleep.

They do that because it keeps them from floating away from each other while they sleep.

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Today’s Quote: It’s Time for Discovery

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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” ~ Carl Sagan

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