This is what you shall do
This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body.”? Walt Whitman
Long time ago I wanted post a blog about all that, but I did not find time and inspiration to do it. Now I found all what I want to say here in W. Whitman`s words.
It would be nice if we can read it every morning, before we start the day...and try to find Love in our life, Love to all around us.....
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I always liked the poetry of W. Whitman, but the first time I met some of his prose, if you can call it that.
How are you this night? Here the weather was terrible all the day, very depressing, but I still keep my good mood!
Glad your keeping SPIRITS up
And mine will be the same as all others, half a day in a hospital for tratment, second half - rest from the first one!
Hope it will help in your shopping day! Share with us pls if it works!
And you are right! Too many ppl need to read this every morning or maybe often!
hi Spdf,
hope your doing well, how is weather there in Sofia now? here we had some days of rain and windy and cold.
I have not been in Sofia from April this year!
But today my daughter told me, it is cold and rainy. By me is the same, but temperature here is much more lower that in Sofia.
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I will do. It`s nice to begin every day with some positive thoughts. I missed your post in Red`s blog, but it`s great that you practice this.
Stay Well!!
As about the weather in Sofia, it didn t rain today and yesterday, it was sunny but cold at night down to 0 C. Vitosha mountain had some snow
Thanks for the flowers!
It`s time for a glass of beer I think.
Or maybe some stronger!
Sometimes I miss so much a view of Vitosha from my windows in Sofia.If everything with me is OK I intend to come back for a few weeks the next summer.