"A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral." Antoine de Saint-Exupery Every single circumstance you encounter is an opportunity to see a jumbled rockpile or the image of a majestic cathedral in the midst of being built. What determines …
Well, friends, I am back! It's been a great few years...I've learned, loved, lived, lost, won, grown and I hope you have too! I've learned from failures big and small, planted new seeds in business and in life, and it is time to engage with you on a whole new level. If you followed my …
I found myself humming the tune of the traditional folk song used to put the lovely Scots poem "Auld Lang Syne" to music yesterday and it got me thinking about the nature of life and living. "Auld Lang Syne" translates roughly to "long, long ago" and the poem is generally recognized as a call to …
The Thousandth Man by Rudyard Kipling One man in a thousand, Solomon says, Will stick more close than a brother. And it’s worth while seeking him half your days If you find him before the other. Nine hundred and ninety-nine depend On what the world sees in you, But the Thousandth Man will stand your …
As our nation limps through the polar vortex which has descended upon it, my heart goes out to those who are struggling to keep themselves and those dear to them warm and safe. At the same time, I am mindful of a far deeper need, one the goes well beyond our simple physical requirements. We …
To Winter by William Blake O winter! bar thine adamantine doors: The north is thine; there hast thou built thy dark Deep-founded habitation. Shake not thy roofs Nor bend thy pillars with thine iron car. He hears me not, but o’er the yawning deep Rides heavy; his storms are unchain’d, sheathed In ribbed steel; I …
Patience Taught by Nature - Elizabeth Barrett Browning “O dreary life,” we cry, “O dreary life!” And still the generations of the birds Sing through our sighing, and the flocks and herds Serenely live while we are keeping strife With Heaven’s true purpose in us, as a knife Against which we may struggle! Ocean girds …
Children are an absolute joy to be with. Their outlook is refreshing, their gaiety is uplifting and their unqualified care for others is inspiring. Your greatest hope as a parent is that they lose as little of that as possible as they go along in life. I found this poem on the topic and hope …
Saginaw Bay, Michigan by Gregg Hake © All Rights Reserved I found myself considering the relationship of earth to man and man to God while flying back from northern Michigan the other day, asking questions like: "If man is supposed to have dominion over the Earth and all that dwells therein, why does the earth …
A Father to His Son by Carl Sandburg A father sees his son nearing manhood. What shall he tell that son? "Life is hard; be steel; be a rock." And this might stand him for the storms and serve him for humdrum monotony and guide him among sudden betrayals and tighten him for slack moments. …
Gregory Hake 