Monday, November 16, 2020

UNTITLED - by Rupi Kaur

 



UNTITLED

by  Rupi  Kaur


it was when I stopped searching for home within others
and lifted the foundations of home within myself
I found there were no roots more intimate
than those between a mind and body
that have decided to be  whole





Thursday, November 5, 2020

PIN-UP - by artist BILL WARD

 






Cartoonist Bill Ward is one of the world's most published artists. His work was published in comics magazines for men from 1950 to 1970.










































Tuesday, November 3, 2020

HUSTLE AND GRIN - by Anonymous

 





HUSTLE  AND  GRIN

by Anonymous


Smile, and the world smiles with you
Knock, and you go it alone
For the cheerful grin
Will let you in
Where the knicker is never known

Growl and the way looks dreary
Laugh and the path is bright
For a wholesome smile
Brings sunshine, while
A frown shuts out the light

Sigh, and you rake in nothing
Work, and the prize is won
For the nervy man
With backbone can
By nothing be outdone

Hustle, and fortune may bless you
Quit, and defeat is sure
For there is no chance
Of deliverance
For the man who can't endure

Sing and the world's harmonious
Grumble, and things go wrong
And all the time
You are out of rhyme
With the busy bustling throng

Kick, and there's trouble brewing
Whistle, and life is gay
All the world's in tune
Like a day in June
And the clouds all melt away








HELP YOURSELF TO HAPPINESS - by Helen Steiner Rice

 




HELP YOURSELF TO HAPPINESS

by Helen Steiner Rice


Everybody, everywhere
seeks happiness, it's true,
But finding it and keeping it
seem difficult to do.

Difficult because we think
that happiness is found
Only in the places where
wealth and fame abound.

And so we go on searching
in palaces of pleasure
Seeking recognition
and monetary treasure,

Unaware that happiness
is just a state of mind
Within the reach of everyone
who takes time to be kind.

For in making others happy
we will be happy, too.
For the happiness you give away
returns to shine on you.










Friday, October 30, 2020

TRUST IN GOD AND DO THE RIGHT - by Norman Macleod

 




TRUST  IN  GOD  AND  DO  THE  RIGHT

by   Norman Macleod


Courage, brother ! do not stumble,
Though thy path is dark as night;
There's a star to guide the humble - 
Trust in God and do the right.

Let the road be long and dreary,
And its ending out of sight;
Foot it bravely - strong or weary - 
Trust in God and do the right.

Perish policy and cunning,
Perish all that fears the light;
Whether losing, whether winning,
Trust in God and do the right.

Trust no party, church, or faction,
Trust no leader in the fight;
But in every word and action
Trust in God and do the right.

Trust no forms of guilty passion - 
Friends can look like angels bright;
Trust no custom, school, or fashion - 
Trust in God and do the right.

Some will hate thee, some will love thee;
Some will flatter, some will slight;
Cease from man and look above thee - 
Trust in God and do the right.

Firmest rule, and safest guiding,
Inward peace and inward light;
Star upon our path abiding - 
Trust in God and do the right.