In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan; Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak mid-winter Long ago. Our God, heaven cannot hold Him Nor earth sustain, Heaven and earth shall flee away When He comes to reign: In the bleak… Read More In the Bleak Midwinter
The Crescent Moon yearns for fullness. On the third day of the new moon, as it appeared to the earth, the moon looked very sad. He started to pray to the sun, requesting him to appear. Just as he was appearing to loose hope, the radiant sun said, “Hello my dear, I have been thinking… Read More Moon and Sun
IT IS AS clear to me as daylight that life and death are but phases of the same thing, the reverse and obverse the same coin. In fact, tribulation and death seem to me to present a phase far richer than happiness or life. What is life worth without trials and tribulations, which are thesalt… Read More Life and Death
Confucius said to Master Shanhu, “I have been expelled from Lu, had trees chopped down on me in Song, had my tracks wiped away in Wei, came to an end of my resources in Shang and Zhou, and was surrounded on the border of Chen and Cai. Why is it that while I have encountered… Read More All Under Heaven
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than… Read More Desiderata
With twigs that stretch out towards infinity, And the branches of eternal light, This universe is the boughs if a mighty tree, Holding all life in the shade of endless night. While ages of time color the countless leaves, Galaxies burst forth as it’s golden seeds, Watered by tears, it grows when someone grieves, Blooming… Read More The Tree of Eternity
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