Ode to the day
When I sit in a coffee shop
Not wearing a watch,
Having meaningful conversation
With a new friend
About our religions,
How they complement each other.
Talking about the beautiful sustainability
Of the environment,
The fair governing
of all countries,
Love,
And how all children have food, clean water, and good
educations
Learning about first and third world classifications only in
textbooks.
Drinking coffee produced by a man whom we know
Has the same potential as we.
Might I make decisions today that allow me to believe
Tomorrow can be that day.
- Poetry by Ashley Boone,
published in EcoWatch Journal, April/May 2009
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Perhaps this is the true meaning of Independence Day.
Happy Fourth of July!
Friday, July 3, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
"JUST GO."
...my inner voice said.
But when in doubt, I go back to these words of wisdom...
"One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time." - Andre Gide
(Thanks, CRC, for sharing this quote with me before I left Manila in 2003.)
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"Even paradise can grow too small
When you hear the far horizon's call
Other lands await."
- From Why Explore? (children's picture book by Susan Lendroth)
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Manifest your must.
Pursue your passion.
Define your day.
Dare to dream.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
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And, most recently, in a conversation with my neighbor while doing laundry, she said:
"Trust your instincts. Nine out of ten times, your instincts are right."
Wise lady.
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