The mind has a thousand eyes,    And the heart but one; Yet the light of the whole life dies,    When love is done.                 ~Francis William Bourdillon

The Arrow and the Song

I shot an arrow into the air, It feel to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It feel to earth, I knew not where; For who has sight so keen and strong, That can follow the flight of song? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.         ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Count your Garden

Count your garden by the flowers, Never by the leaves that fall; Count your days by golden hours; Don't remember clouds at all. Count your nights by stars, not shadows; Count your years with smiles, not tears; Count your blessings, not your troubles; Count your age by friends, not years.                            ~Author Unknown

Through Friendship

My careful heart was free again, O'friend, my bosom said, Through thee alone the sky is arched, Through thee the rose is red; All things through thee take nobler form, And look beyond the earth, The mill-round of our fate appears A sun-path in thy worth. Me too thy nobleness has taught To master my despair; The fountains of my hidden life Are through they friend fair.                ~Ralph Waldo Emerson