From the Quote of the Week Files, May 4, 2009

Welcome to the Quote of the Week. Do you sometimes (in my case most of the time) have trouble letting go? Perhaps this Quote may help. Enjoy!
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“To let go isn’t to forget, not to think about, or ignore. It doesn’t leave feelings of anger, jealousy, or regret. Letting go isn’t about winning or losing. It’s not about pride and it’s not about how you appear, and it’s not obsessing or dwelling on the past. Letting go isn’t blocking memories or thinking sad thoughts, and doesn’t leave emptiness, hurt, or sadness. It’s not about giving in or giving up. Letting go isn’t about loss and it’s not about defeat.

To let go is to cherish the memories, but to overcome and move on. It is having an open mind confidence in the future. Letting go is learning and experiencing and growing. To let go is to be thankful for the experiences that made you laugh, made you cry, and made you grow. It’s about all that you have, all that you had, and all that you will soon gain. Letting go is having the courage to accept change, and the strength to keep moving.”

Author Unknown
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."

Marcus Aurelius
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A poem revisited...

Flower in the crannied wall,
I pluck you out of the crannies,
I hold you here, root and all, in my hand,
Little flower -but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all,
I should know what God and man is.

Lord Alfred Tennyson
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I had some great comments and intrepretations about Tennyson’s poem of 2 weeks ago. They ranged from...

“Too deep for me!” / “I must be dense or not too deep....I still don't understand it!”
That is about how I still feel.

To...

“I feel like the meaning is about the beauty of God's creation, combined with Mother Theresa's "grow where you're planted" idea. The poet should have simply admired the flower and its life, rather than plucking it out for selfish reasons, thereby killing it. He didn't understand that, or he wouldn't have plucked it out.”

“Very thought-provoking! For me, it's a study of PURPOSE. The secret to life is understanding PURPOSE. How odd to find this little flower growing here. What could possibly be its PURPOSE in growing in such an odd place. As for me I can ask "What is my PURPOSE? Why am I growing here?"

"The simplest of creation can be found in the most unlikely place and teach us all about the Creator if we embrace it completely."

“If we could understand any tiny portion of nature completely, we would gain a glimpse of the meaning of it all.”

Reminds me of Blake’s words in his poem, Auguries of Innocence...

To see the world in a grain of sand
and heaven in a wild flower
hold infinity in the palm of your hand
and eternity in an hour.

Thanks for your comments everybody!
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!