We are all trying to “puzzle” our way through life. As you piece together your identity, consider the people, communities, and values that impact you.
In relationship with this post (It is what you make of it), the following poem is both enlightening and inspiring.
The Builders
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowAll are architects of fate,
Working in these walls of time;
Some with massive deeds and great,
some with ornaments of rhyme.Nothing useless is, or low;
each thing in its place is best;
and what seems but idle show
strengthens and supports the rest.For the structure that we raise,
Time is with materials filled;
our todays and yesterdays
are the blocks with which we build.Truly shape and fashion these;
Leave no yawning gaps between;
think not, because no man sees,
such things will remain unseen.In the elder days of Art,
Builders wrought with greatest care
Each minute and unseen part;
For the Gods see everywhere.Let us do our work as well,
Both the unseen and the seen;
Make the house where gods may dwell
Beautiful, entire, and clean.Else our live are incomplete,
Standing in these walls of Time,
Broken stairways, where the feet
Stumble, as they seek to climb.Build to-day, then, strong and sure,
With a firm and ample base;
And ascending and secure
Shall to-morrow find its place.Thus alone can we attain
To those turrets, where the eye
Sees the world as one vast plain,
And one boundless reach of sky.
We are all trying to “puzzle” our way through life. As you piece together your identity, consider the people, communities, and values that impact you.
You’ve likely heard the children’s story about the ugly duckling. What difference does a change in perspective make? Read on to find out how you can relate to his experience.
You are capable of greatness. In fact, it is already within you. You just need to discover it, and then work to bring your life into alignment so that your life's mission and your life become one and the same. That's when you'll shine. That's when you'll experience full joy and fulfillment, when you're actions align to your purpose. We can help.
The night I quit my job I had a decision to make: wait, or just start. I chose to just start and held a seminar the next day. People in motion tend to stay in motion and people at rest tend to stay at rest. So whatever it is you've been waiting to do... just start!
The hardest handicaps to overcome are mental. It happens when we tell ourselves the wrong story. Change the story.
The funny, but insightful story about how we tend to destroy what is most precious to us. A video from an international speech competition.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is by all means my favorite Poet. Thank you for these insprational posts.
Also I like “The Childrens Hour”
I’d never read it until just now. That is fantastic. I also love “A psalm of life”. I’ll post it.
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