Calm

"But calm, white calm, was born into a swan."

--Elizabeth Coatsworth

A friend

A friend is another self,
as though a part of me I put aside,
almost forgotten,
was suddenly recalled.
And, the missing piece replaced,
I am whole once more.

Winona, Minnesota, 1862

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

--Heraclitus

Off to the Upper Mississippi

"Along the Upper Mississippi every hour brings something new. There are crowds of odd islands, bluffs, prairies, hills, woods and villages--everything one could desire to amuse the children. Few people ever think of going there, however."

--Mark Twain

Light

"Let us not ask of the Lord deceitful riches, nor the good things of this world, nor transitory honors; but let us ask for light."

--Saint Gregory Nazianzen

To love

"To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides."

--David Viscott

Give something

"Give something, however small, to the one in need. For it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it small to God, if we have given what we could."

--Saint Gregory Nazianzen  
(You may want to visit Food For The Poor to help.)