"Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things, distinguishes the strong soul from the weak." ~ Thomas Carlyle Never give up. John Milton wrote Paradise Lost years after he had lost his eyesight. Fewer than a dozen of Emily Dickinson's poems were published in …
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Light gives of itself freely
Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. It does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself and is not thereby diminished. ~ Michael Strassfeld My son's school had its annual "Candlelight" assembly yesterday evening, a ceremony that celebrates the coming holiday season …
A visit to the “still wood”
"An April Day" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow When the warm sun, that brings Seed-time and harvest, has returned again, 'T is sweet to visit the still wood, where springs The first flower of the plain. I love the season well, When forest glades are teeming with bright forms, Nor dark and many-folded clouds foretell The …
Gregory Hake 