Quote of the Day - 1/23/2012

 I'll not confer with Sorrow

   Till to-morrow;

But Joy shall have her way

   This very day.

(Thomas Bailey Aldrich in The sisters' tragedy: with other poems, lyrical and dramatic)

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Short poems like haiku and lines of poetry, excised from the longer poem, often stand by themselves. We like the ‘short and sweet’ of these things that take longer to think about than to read or hear. We like that they are rich in associations and can stick in our memories. These were the original ‘sound bites’!

The quote for today was published in the early 20’s. What does it say to you?

There are two things I think about: 

• See the ‘joy’ of today by really living in the present rather than worrying about what might come in the future
• No matter what happens, choose to always see the ‘joy’ of the situation first (i.e. take a ‘glass half full’ perspective rather than a ‘glass half empty’).

Note: This book is also available to read online via Project Gutenberg here.