I WILL

By Og Mandino

I will greet this day with love in my heart. And how will I do this?

Henceforth will I look on all things with love and be born again.

I will love the sun for it warms my bones; yet I will love the rain for it cleanses my spirit.

I will love the light for it shows me the way; yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars.

I will welcome happiness as it enlarges my heart; yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul.

I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due; yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenge.

Author: Og Mandino

I will accept the light with the darkness, infusing love into both. ~Celeste~

Light a candle

It is better to light candles
than to curse the darkness.
It is better to plant seeds
than to accuse the earth.
The world needs all of our power
and love and energy,
and each of us has something that we can give.
The trick is to find it and use it,
to find it and give it away.
So there will always be more.
We can be lights for each other,
and through each other’s illumination
we will see the way.
Each of us is a seed,
a silent promise,
and it is always spring.

Merle Shain

Dreams

And all my days are trances,

And all my nightly dreams

Are where thy grey eye glances,

And where thy footstep gleams–

In what ethereal dances,

By what eternal streams.

EDGAR ALLAN POE, To One in Paradise

Worthwhile

“Love doesn’t make the world go round; love is what makes the ride worthwhile.”- Elizabeth Browning

The Poet

“A poet is a Nightingale who sits in darkness and sings to cheer it’s own solitude with sweet sounds.”
~Percy Shelley~

 

Into the darkness peering

“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.”

~Edgar Allen Poe~

Photograph by Thomas Kurat, TWAN

Talk

“I’ve always believed that a lot of the troubles in the world would disappear if we were talking to each other instead of about each other.” – Ronald Reagan

All that is Gold

“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.”

J.R.R Tolkien

        

Rain

Image by kpishdadi

 

“Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.”

Bob Marley

Fly

“When you come to the edge of all the light you know, and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.”Fly

~Patrick Overton~

Rainbow

You cannot have a rainbow, without a little rain.

Four things

Four things that can never be recovered: The stone after it’s thrown, the word after it’s spoken, the occasion after it’s missed, and the time after it’s gone.

Smile

“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”

Suffering

“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” ― Bob Marley

Greener grass

The grass is not always greener on the other side;
the grass only greener where you water it.