Thursday, September 2, 2010

Spring


To live content with small means...
To seek elegance rather then luxury, and refinement rather then fashion...
To be worthy not
respectable,
and wealthy not rich...
To listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart...
To bear all cheerfully.
Do all bravely.
Await occasions, never hurry... in a word, to let the spiritual,
unbidden and unconsious,
grow up through the common...
this is to be my symphony.

William Henry Channing.

xxx elle

3 comments:

  1. To be worthy not
    respectable,
    and wealthy not rich...

    If this were a universal mantra oh what a different world it would be.

    Thanks for a beautiful post with an uplifting message. I'm getting back into the routine after being gone. Have a great weekend!

    ReplyDelete