Monday, January 26, 2004

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

i compared notes
with one of my friends
who expects everything
of the universe,
and is disappointed
when anything
is less than the best,
and i found that i begin
at the other extreme,
expecting nothing,
and am always
full of thanks
for moderate goods.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the wonderful verse, I enjoy reading these each and every morning, you lifted my spirits. Karen