Now and Here
Today I am grateful for the never-ending supply of words in our vocabulary and the fun it is trying to put different ones to use. I am also grateful for conversations that help bring clarity.
This was the quote in my gratitude journal yesterday:
"No longer forward nor behind
I look in hope or fear;
But, grateful, take the good I find,
The best of now and here."
(John Greenleaf Whittier)
Whittier was a poet and abolitionist who lived from 1807-1892. His words above fit nicely with Fear's Antidote here, a post I just wrote a few days ago. Hope and fear live in the past and future. Gratitude lives in the now and here.
Now and here. Today we tend to use here and now. I like now and here. Just changing the order up makes me pause and pay attention. That is precisely the point. Now and here I am grateful for awakening to a new day and appreciating the opportunity to look for the good.
This was the quote in my gratitude journal yesterday:
"No longer forward nor behind
I look in hope or fear;
But, grateful, take the good I find,
The best of now and here."
(John Greenleaf Whittier)
Whittier was a poet and abolitionist who lived from 1807-1892. His words above fit nicely with Fear's Antidote here, a post I just wrote a few days ago. Hope and fear live in the past and future. Gratitude lives in the now and here.
Now and here. Today we tend to use here and now. I like now and here. Just changing the order up makes me pause and pay attention. That is precisely the point. Now and here I am grateful for awakening to a new day and appreciating the opportunity to look for the good.
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