This is a poem that our teacher put on the wall above her desk when I was in the third grade. On a large sheet of poster paper, written in huge square and readable letters, Silver sort-of watched over us most of the year. And not counting rudiments like The A-B -C Song, or nursery ...
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My thoughts paused for just a second over a few verses from the Psalm reading for today. I woke up this morning the same as I went to sleep last night, haunted by sorrow and fears of politics. Politics made me afraid. The politcal milieu has become such a whirlwind of negativity that it makes ...
In our troubles, you are our strength. And in our sorrows, our consolation. (alleluia alleluia) The Psalmist reminds us in this verse that the Maker – the Center – is both our go-to for the inspirational hutzpah we need to get through the day, and is also our consoler – our cheerleader – ...
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I was cleaning off an old thumb drive this week, from back in the day at DayJob, Inc., and I found this beautiful poem to share. The date on my note is April 19, 2009: ———- This morning Jon Kabat-Zinn was interviewed on the PBS program Speaking of Faith about mindfulness meditation among other things. ...
This is a short poem from e.e. cummings that inspires me, even on my days that are not textbook “Amazing.” Thank You For This Amazing Day by e.e. cummings i thank You God for most this amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything ...
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