Lord, when I learn that someone is hurting,
Help me know what to do and to say;
Speak to my heart and give me compassion,
Let Your great love flow through me today. —K. De Haan
A little love can make a big difference.
"Love one another" ODB 26June2005
Poems...
Here's a poem one of my friends sent me that I really liked. Thanks Rreky! *hugs*
But a short time to live.
Our little hour, - how swift it flies
When poppies flare and lilies smile;
How soon the fleeting minute dies,
Leaving us but a little while
To dream our dream, to sing our song,
To pick the fruit, to pluck the flower,
The Gods- They do not give us long, -
One little hour.
Our little hour, - how short it is...
By Leslie Coulson
This is one that my Mom liked alot that has always stuck with me:
I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud
I wondered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils ;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in the never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay :
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced ; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee :
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company :
I gazed-and gazed-but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought :
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude ;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
By William Wordsworth
And here's my all time favorite poem, it's from either Alice in Wonderland or Alice Through the Looking Glass:
The Lobster Quadrille
"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail.
"There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail.
See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance!
They are waiting on the shingle - will you come and join the dance?
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the dance?
"You can really have no notion how delightful it will be
When they take us up and throw us, with the lobsters, out to sea!"
But the snail replied "Too far, too far!" and gave a look askance -
Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance.
Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join the dance.
Would not, could not, would not, could not, could not join the dance.
"What matters it how far we go?" his scaly friend replied.
"There is another shore, you know, upon the other side.
The further off from England the nearer is to France -
Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance.
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the dance?"
By Lewis Caroll
Traffic Tales II
Today I felt like a snack while I was stuck in the inevitable traffic leading into Half-Way-Tree so I signaled the peanut cart man to rope in. I could've sworn he said JA$30 for the peanuts but I only got back a ten from JA$50, didn't want to press it though, no sense getting verbally abused or dragged out the car for JA$10 (the exchange rate is currently approximately JA$60 = USD$1).
So the peanut man says to me, "Hey baby you know I like your smooth hands." I just smiled tentatively because I was too intent on opening the peanuts to care. He continues on about how he wouldn't mind having them rub him down when he came home from work in the evenings. I start looking up the line of traffic willing it to move but as my luck would have it -- gridlock. So I shove some peanuts in my mouth and start chopping. Not taking the hint he continues, "Yes man, is you I'd a like to be my wife." I look at him, shuffle the peanuts over so the band of my ring is showing and say, "Uhm sorry, I already married still." If I want to share? I nearly started to choke. Luckily the light up ahead changes and traffic starts to creep forward as I fire back, "No sah, I not into the sharing thing at all."
- Mood:tired and really feeling down
Thursdays...
Thursdays = article deadline day and the Lord knows I'm behind with this one. Did the interview last night, came home and idled online, then woke up late this morning (because of PMS grrrr!) anyway, let me publish this and get on with it.
OH! And then I broke the switch to turn on the fan in the dining room so in here jus HOT, at least the electrician is here fixing it but this just shoots my concentration in the foot *sigh*
- Mood:rushed & under pressure
Quiz fever
I once read somewhere that you can tell a women's magazine because they're chock full of quizzes :-)
Browsing around here on LJ I found a blog where someone had a personality quiz posted on their page. After a quick google search I came up with QuizYourFriends.com, where I created a quiz for J and I:
How well do you know the Andersons?
Then after logging out of my Hotmail I saw this one on the MSN homepage:
- Mood:really tired & missing J alot
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