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Top Inspiring Quotes on Faith

May 19, 2020 In Poem 3 Mins Read

Having faith that things would always work out for your good is very hard, especially in trying times. Murphy’s Law (Whatever would go wrong would always go wrong) would most times prevail but you have to be strong and have faith in yourself and the universe.

Here are top inspiring quotes on Faith:

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.- Saint Augustine
Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. – D. Elton Trueblood
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. – Thomas Aquinas

The Laughing Heart Poem by Charles Bukowski

May 17, 2020 In Poem 1 Min Read

Title: The Laughing Heart
Author: Charles Bukowski
Source: Betting on the Muse by Charles Bukowski

Betting on the Muse is a combination of hilarious poetry and stories. Charles Bukowski writes about the real life of a working man and all that comes with it.

your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.

The Invitation Poem by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

May 9, 2020 In Poem 3 Mins Read

Poem Title: The Invitation
Author: Oriah Mountain Dreamer
Source: from the book The Invitation by Oriah, Mountain Dreamer

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting -your hearts longing.

It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life’s betrayals, or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain.

I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it. I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own; if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human.

Invictus Poem by William Ernest Henley

May 3, 2020 In Poem 1 Min Read

Title: Invictus
Author: Victorian era English poet William Ernest
Form: Volume of poems, Book of Verses, in the section Life and Death (Echoes).

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

My Wage Poem by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse

April 26, 2020 In Poem 1 Min Read

I bargained with life for a penny,
And life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store;

Desiderata Poem by Max Ehrmann

April 22, 2020 In Poem 2 Mins Read

Title: Desiderata (Latin: “things desired”)
Author: American writer Max Ehrmann.
Year of Publication: 1927

GO PLACIDLY amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

If Poem by Rudyard Kipling.

April 19, 2020 In Poem 2 Mins Read

Title: If
Author: British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling
Form: Written in the form of paternal advice to the poet’s son, John Kipling.

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;