In the intervals Of rough wind and rain, The first cherry-blossoms. ---Chora
LEAP BEFORE YOU LOOK
The sense of danger must not disapper: The way is certainly both short and steep, However gradual it looks from here; Look if you like, but you will have to leap.
Tough-minded men get mushy in their sleep And break the by-laws any fool can keep; It is not the convention but the fear That has a tendency to disappear.
The worry efforts of the busy heap, The dirt, the imprecision, and the beer Produce a few smart wisecracks every year; Laugh if you can, but you will have to leap.
The clothes that are considered right to wear Will not be either sensible or cheap, So long as we consent to live like sheep And never mention those who disappear.
Much can be said for social-faire, But to rejoice when no one else is there Is even harder than it is to weep; No one is watching, but you have to leap. ---W.H. Auden
"Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars... and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers - for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are." ---Osho
"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous." ---Aristotle
By a house collapsed, A pear-tree is blooming; Here a battle was fought. ---Shiki
"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, admist the simple beauty of nature."
---- Anne Frank
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