Keep It Simple
Leonardo da Vinci is quoted as saying that “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” 3 When we look at the foundational principles of the plan of happiness, the plan of salvation, we can recognize and appreciate in its plainness and simplicity the elegance and beauty of our Heavenly Father’s wisdom. Then, turning our ways to His ways is the beginning of our wisdom. -Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Of Things That Matter Most
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Top Famous Love Quotes
"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." – Aristotle
"Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable." – Wizard of Oz
"Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it."– Dr. Karl Menninger
"Your heart is free, have the courage to follow it." – Braveheart
"Better to have lost and loved than never to have loved at all."–
The Old Sailors
On the green riverbank
age late fifties
I am beginning
to remind myself
Of my great uncle Desir
in the Virgin Islands
On a Saint Thomas back beach
he lived when I last saw him
in a small shack
under the palms
Eighty years old
straight as a Viking
(where the Danes once landed)
he stood looking out
over the flat sea
blue eyes or grey
salt upon his lashes
We
were always sea wanderers
No salt here
The General Song Of Humanity
On the coast of Chile where Neruda lived
it's well known that
seabirds often steal
letters out of mailboxes
which they would like to scan
for various reasons
Shall I enumerate the reasons?
they are quite clear
even given the silence of birds on the subject
(except when they speak of it
among themselves
between cries)
First of all
they steal the letters because
they sense
A Friend Like You
There's lots of thingsWith which I'm blessed,Tho' my life's been both Sunny and Blue,But of all my blessings,This one's the best:To have a friend like you.In times of troubleFriends will say, "Just ask... I'll help you through it."But you don't wait for me to ask,You just get up And you do it!And I can think Of nothing in life That I could more wisely do,Than know a friend,And be a friend, And
