Just Outside Our Door

How oft nostalgia conjures up

Some happiness of yore,

Or fancy paints some wistful dream 

Of happiness in store,

Whilst all the while the happiness

Our heart so hungers for

Sits scarcely to our left or right

Or just outside our door.

This Morning In The Glade

 

"What says the secret whispering 

Aloft among the pines? 

What stirs the anxious twittering

Down deep amidst the vines?

What lures the mournful wail 

From some creature in the shade?

What cosmic message circulates

 This morning in the glade?"

 

They Have Been Tried

"I personally favor a religion that worships a just God who rewards moral conduct.  As for religions that worship a proud God who rewards mere allegiance, they have been tried, and the result is what you see."

Words

Words Pilate might have said to Christ, "You are charged with unlawful doing unto others as you would have them do unto you." 

Words you don't wish to have said at your memorial service:  "He was a person who, if he chased a butterfly, it would take him to the office."

Words picked up from outer space:  "Twinkle, twinkle, little star..."

Words from a graveside ceremony:  "Before I begin, please silence your cellphones."  Voice from inside the casket:  "Sorry."

Words overheard on Judgment Day:  "To begin with, I want to thank you for your service."

Words overheard at my house:  "I don't crave recognition.  I like recognition.  I crave chocolate."

The Beauty of Forgiveness

"The beauty of forgiveness is that it requires only a forgiving party.  It does not require a party worthy of forgiveness." 

"To forgive the forgivable is merely justice, an accommodation of a reasonable mind.  To forgive the unforgivable is true forgiveness, an accommodation of a merciful heart.

Sparsely Sage...Rosemary...and Rhyme

 

"You only get one life, but you can't get through it as only one person."

"Of Time and Space I don't know much, 

But this I'm pretty sure of --

That both are things it doesn't hurt

To give someone a bit more of.

The Voice of Experience

You come to realize this about the satisfaction of growing old together -- that it is entirely a triumph of "together" over "growing old."