a matter of matters |
Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.
There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days.
All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten,
will pass to someone ...
Posted by Adam on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
a thought |
God didn't promise days without pain,
laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but,
He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the
tears, and light for the way.
-unknown
Posted by Adam on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
To Realise |
To realise
The value of a sister
Ask someone
Who doesn't have one.
To realise
The value of ten years:
Ask a newly
Divorced couple.
To realise
The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.
...
Posted by Adam on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
O Captain, My Captain |
O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the ste...
Posted by Adam on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
For beauty being the best of all we know |
For beauty being the best of all we know
Sums up the unsearchable and secret aims
Of nature, and on joys whose earthly names
Were never told can form and sense bestow;
And man has sped his ins...
Posted by Adam on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
Contentment |
"Man wants but little here below"
Little I ask; my wants are few;
I only wish a hut of stone,
(A very plain brown stone will do,)
That I may call my own;
And close at hand is such a one,
In yo...
Posted by Adam on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
I am shut out of mine own heart |
I am shut out of mine own heart
because my love is far from me,
nor in the wonders have I part
that fill its hidden empery:
The wildwood of adventurous thought
and lands of dawn my dream had wo...
Posted by Adam on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
A Valentine's Day Wish |
The pearly treasures of the sea,
The lights that spatter heaven above,
More precious than these wonders are
My heart-of-hearts filled with your love.
The ocean's power, the heavenly sights
Cann...
Posted by Adam on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
To watch or not to watch |
Watch your thoughts,
they become words...
Watch your words,
they become action...
Watch your actions,
they become habit...
Watch your habits,
they become character,
Watch your characte...
Posted by Adam on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
Where it lies |
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us...
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted by Adam on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
