A Kernel of Hope
by Raymond A. Foss
A kernel of hope
Lives
Deep inside
Protected
Against the pain
The struggle
Grows
When tended
Memories ignite
Nurture
Reward
Fades
When tested
Hurt
Discarded
For graven choices
Echoes
In the dark
Against the shadows
In my heart
Success is counted sweetest
by Emily Dickinson
Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.
Not one of all the purple Host
Who took the Flag today
Can tell the definition
So clear of Victory
As he defeated -- dying --
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Burst agonized and clear!
Happy The Man
by John Dryden
Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He who can call today his own:
He who, secure within, can say,
Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Be fair or foul or rain or shine
The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine.
Not Heaven itself upon the past has power,
But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
Have a great weekend!!
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