Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. I've heard it in the chillest land, And … Continue reading Quote for Today: Emily Dickinson
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Quote for Today: V.S. Carnes
Therefore, she hummed the provincial lullaby she had learned from the officers’ children in the English Quarter of Jerusalem, and watched in fascination while the savage radical’s eyes misted over with tears. For an instant, the prison bars melted away, and she felt God’s presence—for the first time since their imprisonment. She was not a … Continue reading Quote for Today: V.S. Carnes
Quote for Today: Wendell Berry
It was no thought or word that called culture into being, but a tool or a weapon. After the stone axe we needed song and story to remember innocence, to record effect-and so to describe the limits, to say what can be done without damage. ―Wendell Berry, What Are People For? Public Domain Image via … Continue reading Quote for Today: Wendell Berry
Quote for Today: Maya Angelou
A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange suns rays and dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and … Continue reading Quote for Today: Maya Angelou
Quote for Today: Kamand Kojouri
They took my books because my message was love. They took my pen because my words were love. Then they took my voice because my song was love. Soon they’ll take myself so nothing remains. But they don’t know that when I'm gone my love will stay. -Kamand Kojouri Public Domain Image via Pixabay
Quote for Today: Harold Monro
Here is the soundless cypress on the lawn: It listens, listens. Taller trees beyond Listen. The moon at the unruffled pond Stares. And you sing, you sing. That star-enchanted song falls through the air From lawn to lawn down terraces of sound, Darts in white arrows on the shadowed ground; And all the night … Continue reading Quote for Today: Harold Monro
A Healing Song: The Breathless Choir
Society encourages us to pursue marketable things at which we excel. Is there value in pursuits that challenge our weaknesses? The weeding and winnowing starts when we are very young. What was it for you? Too short to play basketball. Can't color inside the lines. Can't do math. Can't visualize. Has no rhythm. Can't sing. Might as … Continue reading A Healing Song: The Breathless Choir
