Jo xx
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Friday, April 04, 2014
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Anyway.
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centred.
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful,you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere, people may deceive you.
Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.
Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it will never be enough.
Give your best anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.
~ This version is credited to Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
Some say these words were written on the wall in
Mother Teresa's home for children in Calcutta.
I have loved this poem for many years. Such a challenge yet so simple. Such inspiring words to live by.
Jo xx
Friday, March 28, 2014
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Poetry on a Tuesday
Mindful
Everyday
I see or hear
something
that more or less
kills me
with delight,
that leaves me
like a needle
in the haystack
of light.
It was what I was born for —
to look, to listen,
to lose myself
inside this soft world —
to instruct myself
over and over
in joy,
and acclamation.
Nor am I talking
about the exceptional,
the fearful, the dreadful,
the very extravagant —
but of the ordinary,
the common, the very drab,
the daily presentations.
Oh, good scholar,
I say to myself,
how can you help
but grow wise
with such teachings
as these —
the untrimmable light
of the world,
the ocean's shine,
the prayers that are made
out of grass?
By Mary Oliver.
Friday, March 21, 2014
Thought for the day
I hope this weekend you have some space and time to taste the beauty and miracle of our wonderful world.
Jo xx
Friday, March 14, 2014
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