Life is too short to squander in strife. The longer I live, the more I’m willing to let bygones be bygones, to turn the other cheek, to release and forget, to let things just be water under the bridge, to focus more on releasing restraining forces than to increase driving forces, to pick my battles very carefully, to think the best of others, to walk on the sunny side of the street.
None of us are guaranteed a tomorrow, each sunrise is a precious gift. Please join me in remembering to daily, constantly, cherish and appreciate each shinning, fleeting moment.
“My candle burns at both ends
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends –
It gives a lovely light.”
– Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1892-1950
Closing Quotes:
“Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly” – Paulo Coelho, b. 1947, ‘The Alchemist’
“The span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.” – Mary Astell, 1666-1731, protofeminist (means advocated feminism before it was a known concept)
“Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways.” – Stephen Vincent Benét, 1898-1943, ‘The Devil and Daniel Webster’, 2x winner Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1929/1944
As always, I share what I most want and need to learn. – Nathan S. Collier
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