Poems Autumn 2008                                             
 

Tension is who you think you should be.  Relaxation is who you are.  ~Chinese Proverb

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths. 

Etty Hillesum

For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.

Edwin Way Teale

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Joseph Heller

I would believe only in a god who could dance. And when I saw my devil I found him serious, thorough, profound and solemn: it was the spirit of gravity – through him all things fall. Not by wrath does one kill but by laughter. Come let us kill the spirit of gravity.

Nietzche

Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing.

Arnold , Glasgow

I’ve never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful.

Anon

We do not possess our home, our children, or even our own body. They are only given to us for a short while to treat with care and respect.

The Buddha

We can gradually drop our ideals of who we think we ought to be, or who we think we want to be, or who we think other people think we want or ought to be.