The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
Month: April 2018
Enjoy a Music Moment with Chris Gable Performing the Clarinet Polka
Laugh, dance, sing, clap your hands – the clarinet polka is so much fun.
A Poem About Love by Hafiz
I long to open up my heart
For my heart do my part.
My story was yesterday’s news
From rivals cannot keep apart.
On this holy night stay with me
Till the morning, do not depart.
On a night so dark as this,
My course, how can I chart?
O breath of life, help me tonight
That in the morn I make a start.
In my love for you, I will
My self and ego thwart.
Like Hafiz, being love smart;
I long to master that art.
Never Quit – Never Look Back
Today’s Quote by Meg Cabot on Courage
The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.
Hold Fast ~ Poem by E. J. Appleton on Courage & Grit
Hold Fast
When you’re nearly drowned in trouble, and the world is dark as ink;
When you feel yourself a-sinking ‘neath the strain,
And you think, “I’ve got to holler ‘Help!'” just take another breath
And pretend you’ve lost your voice—and can’t complain!
(That’s the idea!)
Pretend you’ve lost your voice and can’t complain!
When the future glowers at you like a threatening thunder cloud,
Just grit your teeth and bend your head and say:
“It’s dark and disagreeable and I can’t help feeling blue,
But there’s coming sure as fate a brighter day!”
(Say it slowly!)
“But there’s coming sure as fate, a brighter day!”
You have bluffed your way through ticklish situations; that I know.
You are looking back on troubles past and gone;
Now, turn the tables, and as you have fought and won before,
Just BLUFF YOURSELF to keep on holding on!
(Try it once.)
Just bluff YOURSELF to keep on—holding on.
Don’t worry if the roseate hues of life are faded out,
Bend low before the storm and wait awhile.
The pendulum is bound to swing again and you will find
That you have not forgotten how to smile.
(That’s the truth!)
That you have not forgotten how to smile.
Everard Jack Appleton.
Enjoy a Music Moment with the Genius, Ray Charles
Today’s Quote on Love by Tolstoy
All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
Enjoy a Music Moment with Chet Baker & Paul Desmond Performing Autumn Leaves
Autumn Leaves has special meaning to me. It was the song playing when my late wife and I met. It brings back many happy memories.
My Heart Leaps Up ~ Poem by W. Wordsworth on Joy
My Heart Leaps Up
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.
– William Wordsworth
