Say not in grief that she is no more
but say in thankfulness that she was
A death is not the extinguishing of a light,
but the putting out of the lamp
because the dawn has come.– R. Tagore
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Being Loved ~ Meister Eckhart
Being Loved
Meister Eckhart
What keeps us alive, what allows us to endure?
I think it is the hope of loving,
or being loved
Today’s Reflection ~ Good Things are Coming Your Way
Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you. ~ Walt Whitman
Pretty Good World ~ Frank Stanton
Pretty good world if you take it all round—
Pretty good world, good people!
Better be on than under the ground—
Pretty good world, good people!
Better be here where the skies are as blue
As the eyes of your sweetheart a-smilin’ at you—
Better than lyin’ ‘neath daisies and dew—
Pretty good world, good people!
Pretty good world with its hopes and its fears—
Pretty good world, good people!
Sun twinkles bright through the rain of its tears—
Pretty good world, good people!
Better be here, in the pathway you know—
Where the thorn’s in the garden where sweet roses grow,
Than to rest where you feel not the fall o’ the snow—
Pretty good world, good people!”
“Pretty good world! Let us sing it that way—
Pretty good world, good people!
Make up your mind that you’re in it to stay—
At least for a season, good people!
Pretty good world, with its dark and its bright—
Pretty good world, with its love and its light;
Sing it that way till you whisper, “Good-night!”—
Pretty good world, good people!
Frank L. Stanton
Are You in Earnest? ~ Goethe
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute
What you can do, or dream you can; begin it;
Boldness has genius, power magic in it.
Only engage, and then the mind grows heated;
Begin and then the work will be completed.
—Goethe.
Is It Raining Little Flower ~ Anonymous
Is it raining, little flower?
Be glad of rain.
Too much sun would wither thee,
‘Twill shine again.
The sky is very black, ’tis true,
But just behind it shines
The blue.
Art thou weary, tender heart?
Be glad of pain;
In sorrow the sweetest things will grow
As flowers in the rain.
God watches and thou wilt have sun
When clouds their perfect work
Have done.
Anonymous
Today’s Reflection ~ Hope
IN the hour of adversity be not without hope, for crystal rain falls from black clouds. ~ Nizāmī
