March 24, 2011

Faith is the greatest companion

On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property."
 

~The B

March 23, 2011

...and your flesh shall be a great poem **


 
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- by Walt Whitman
 
Love the earth and sun and the animals,
 despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks,
stand up for the stupid and crazy,
devote your income and labor to others,
hate tyrants, argue not concerning God,
have patience and indulgence toward the people,
take off your hat to nothing known or unknown,
or to any man or number of men,
go freely with powerful uneducated persons,
and with the young, and with the mothers or families,
re-examine all you have been told in school or church or in any book,
and dismiss whatever insults your own soul;
and your very flesh shall be a great poem....
 
(preface to "Leaves of Grass")