Today’s Poem ~ Be the Best of Whatever You Are
Be the Best of Whatever You Are Douglas Malloch If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill Be a scrub in the valley—but be The best…
Finding Joy in Life's Everyday Moments
Be the Best of Whatever You Are Douglas Malloch If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill Be a scrub in the valley—but be The best…
The Peace of Wild Things Wendell Berry When despair grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my…
On Love Kahil Gibran Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love. When…
Like the Star Goethe Like the star That shines afar, Without haste And without rest, Let each man wheel with steady sway Round the task that rules the day,…
Something Sings Ralph Waldo Emerson Let me go where'er I will, I hear a sky-born music still: It sounds from all things old, It sounds from all things young, From…
The Way of It Grantland Rice 'THERE are roads that lead through valleys where the grass is soft and green ; There are lanes that lead through morning where the…
Getting Set Grantland Rice WHEN morning brings the end of sleep I say, 'This is my toughest day I'll find the shadows dark and deep, With raw Fate on the…
The Common Touch Edgar A. Guest I would not be too wise—so very wise That I must sneer at simple songs and creeds, And let the glare of wisdom blind…
Someone Like You James W. Service Some one like you who’s the same Day and Morrow, Firm as a rock and square as a die, Some one who’s steadfast in…
Reward Ella Wheeler Wilcox Fate used me meanly; but I looked at her and laughed, That none might know how bitter was the cup I quaffed. Along came Joy, and…