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"Joyful Curmudgeon" An oxymoron?
No! I see all the beauty of God's creation and I'm joyful.  At the same time, I see all the suffering and corruption going on in the world, and feel called to help expose and end it so that we may have true peace and compassion.

 


THE FOUNTAIN – 6 February 2009
By Mary T. Hoffman

For today I’ve chosen the following poem by the American poet James Russell Lowell:
THE FOUNTAIN

James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)

Into the sunshine,
Full of the light,
Leaping and flashing
From morn till night!
 
Into the moonlight,
Whiter than snow,
Waving so flower-like
When the winds blow!
 
Into the starlight,
Rushing in spray,
Happy at midnight,
Happy by day!
 
Ever in motion,
Blithesome and cheery.
Still climbing heavenward,
Never aweary –

Glad of all weathers,
Still seeming best,
Upward or downward,
Motion thy rest; –
 
Full of a nature
Nothing can tame,
Changed every moment,
Ever the same; –

Ceaseless aspiring,
Ceaseless content,
Darkness or sunshine
Thy element; –
 
Glorious fountain!
Let my heart be
Fresh, changeful, constant,
Upward, like thee!
 
For my Blog “James Russell Lowell,” visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/heart/blog-20070913.html 

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