Rising early
New day shares greeting
Before sun awakens
Nightly darkness retreating
Embracing light
Heart warmed by sunrise
Morning’s sustenance breathes
Life receives its grateful prize
Looking outside
Harmony’s landscape
Snowfall’s peaceful rhythm
Fresh coffee’s dreams of escape
Finding goodness
Beautiful day sings
Oatmeal’s filling spirit
Welcome nutrition it brings
Blessing this day
Outlook fills with pride
Opportunity’s charm
Joy saddles its daily ride
The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts, but learning how to make facts live.
Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) was an American jurist who later served as an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1902-1932.
Dressing in layers
Furnace running at top speed—
Now, who loves winter?
Kitchen’s window view
Yard’s relentless, frozen scene—
Calendar says “Spring”
Welcomed arrival
Spring bursting with treasured breath—
Red robin flies in
Envision every hillside
Covered in tranquility’s green
Beauty forever remains
Painting another scene
One road leads to paradise
Illuminated, trusted hope
Freedom’s quiet voice remains
Focusing journey’s scope
Darkness often threatens peace
Conquered by heart’s determined beat
Positive outlook remains
Walking each lighted street
Sunrise offers sweetest taste
Brightened with kindness, full of grace
Expression of joy remains
Sharing love to embrace
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them. [Both quotes taken from Milne’s writings about Winnie-the-Pooh]
A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne (1882-1956) was an English writer who was best known for his writings about Winnie-the-Pooh.
Community’s landscape
Overflowing with needs
Steps of kindness gather
Warming with grace that feeds
Invisible to most
Sowing with heavens’ love
Seeds of kindness planted
Sharing peace from above
Hope arrives every day
Connecting with traction
Breath of kindness travels
Harvesting each action
Slowly outlook changes
Nourishing so many
Light of kindness nurtured
Forwarding with plenty
One week, one day, one hour
Volunteering mends hearts
Proof of kindness growing
Doing its faithful part
Be kind. Always if you have a choice, be kind.
I think love can save the world. When we love, we completely recognize the value of the other.
Anne Rice (1941-2021) was an American author whose themes of fantasy and graphic horror filled many of her novels.
Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
Live life by the abc’s . . . adventure, bravery, creativity.
James Thurber (1894-1961) was an American author, cartoonist, journalist, and playwright. He was born in Columbus, Ohio.
Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an English-American activist, philosopher, and revolutionary. His pamphlet, “Common Sense,” served as an active voice in support of the American Revolutionary War.
We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
What embitters the world is not excess of criticism, but absence of self-criticism.
Gilbert Keith (G. K.) Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English Christian writer.
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