Contemplating the sky
“Rest is not idleness, and
to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.” –John Lubbock
Persistence
“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins. Not through strength, but through persistence.”
–author unknown
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty; To find the best in others; To give of one’s self;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;
To have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived–
This is to have succeeded.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
