the serenity prayer

Saying this prayer at my workplace now…

God grant me the serenity,
To accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.

Love is…

“Love is like a bed of roses, there are many thorns.
The path to true happiness lies in learning to avoid the thorns,
while enjoying the roses.”

LILLIAN CAROL RUSSELL

Life is…

“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”

FORREST GUMP

Interestingly, I’ve never watched Forrest Gump before…

Hunger not of the belly kind

And hunger not of the belly kind, that’s banished with bacon and beans,
But the gnawing hunger of lonely men for a home and all that it means;
For a fireside far from the cares that are, four walls and a roof above;
But oh! so cramful of cosy joy, and crowned with a woman’s love.

ROBERT SERVICE
excerpt from “The Shooting of Dan McGrew”