To awaken each morning with a smile brightening my face:
to greet the day with reverence for the opportunities it contains;
to approach my work with a clean mind;
to hold ever before me, even in the doing of little things,
the ultimate purpose toward which I am working;
to meet men and women with laughter on my lips and love in my heart;
to be gentle, kind, and courteous through all hours;
to approach the night with weariness that ever woos sleep
and the joy that comes from work well done
this is how I desire to waste wisely my days.
to greet the day with reverence for the opportunities it contains;
to approach my work with a clean mind;
to hold ever before me, even in the doing of little things,
the ultimate purpose toward which I am working;
to meet men and women with laughter on my lips and love in my heart;
to be gentle, kind, and courteous through all hours;
to approach the night with weariness that ever woos sleep
and the joy that comes from work well done
this is how I desire to waste wisely my days.
Thomas Dekker (1570-1641)
Photo by Peaches
3 comments:
such truth from Mr.Dekker...AND your flowers~in awe!
Thaks, elk.
thanks for popping in....
your goose banner, I love it....they look just like the geese here that let me get right up on them without a care in the world !
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