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"Autumn leaves don't fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar." — Delia Owens, Where the Crawdad Sings —

A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A Psalm of Life

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,

   Life is but an empty dream!

For the soul is dead that slumbers,

   And things are not what they seem.

Life is real! Life is earnest!

   And the grave is not its goal;

Dust thou art, to dust returnest,

   Was not spoken of the soul.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,

   Is our destined end or way;

But to act, that each to-morrow

   Find us farther than to-day.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,

   And our hearts, though stout and brave,

Still, like muffled drums, are beating

   Funeral marches to the grave.

In the world’s broad field of battle,

   In the bivouac of Life,

Be not like dumb, driven cattle!

   Be a hero in the strife!

Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant!

   Let the dead Past bury its dead!

Act,— act in the living Present!

   Heart within, and God o’erhead!

Lives of great men all remind us

   We can make our lives sublime,

And, departing, leave behind us

   Footprints on the sands of time;

Footprints, that perhaps another,

   Sailing o’er life’s solemn main,

A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,

   Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us, then, be up and doing,

   With a heart for any fate;

Still achieving, still pursuing,

   Learn to labor and to wait.

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"The heat of autumn is different from the heat of summer. One ripens apples, the other turns them to cider." — Jane Hirshfield, The Heat of Autumn —

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"Life without adventure is like pizza without cheese." - The Global Castaway -

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“There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues… are created, strengthened and maintained.” ―Winston Churchill  ―

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“Nothing purchased can come close to the renewed sense of gratitude for having family and friends.” ― Courtland Milloy ―

Sitting Like a Saint

Title: Sitting Like a Saint

Author: Dr. Gregory & Barbara Bottaro

Illustrator: Michael Corsini

Rating: ★★★★☆

Age Category: Children's Literature

   A fun, accessible guide to mindfulness for children. Beautifully illustrated, Sitting Like a Saint introduces children to the great saints of the Catholic faith, while helping them to develop skills equally as important as learning to read and write: self-awareness, focus, problem solving, and resilience.