Forgetting What is Behind….

“With every rising of the sun

Think of your life as just begun.

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The past has shriveled and buried deep,

All yesterdays. There let them sleep.

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Nor seek to summon back one ghost

Of that innumerable host.

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Concern yourself with but to-day,

Woo it, and teach it to obey

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Your will and wish. Since time began

To-day has been the friend of man;

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But in his blindness and his sorrow

He looks to yesterday and to-morrow.”

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Author unknown*

 

Have a wonderful today!

Laura

 

 

*From the Character Classic Tiger and Tom, ISBN 1881545083

The Wife’s Influence on the Home

“In the last analysis, home happiness depends on the wife. Her spirit gives the home its atmosphere. Her hands fashion its beauty. Her heart makes its love. And the end is so worthy, so noble, so divine, that no woman who has been called to be a wife, and has listened to the call, should consider any price too great to pay, to be the light, the joy, the blessing, the inspiration of a home.”

J.R.R. Miller

Dear ladies,

Does it seem a heavy burden that Reverend Miller puts upon wives? I’ve read several things that he has written. Some paint such an ideal picture of a wife, I wonder if perhaps some of his quotes might be discouraging to wives. I think his intention was to encourage women in their high calling—to show what can be and maybe ought to be. There is truth in his writings, but they can make a woman feel burdened down with perfectionism. Read more….

A Quote from Laura Ingalls Wilder

 “It is still best to be honest and truthful;
  to make the most of what we have;
  to be happy with simple pleasures
  and to be cheerful and have courage
  when things go wrong.”
  – Laura Ingalls Wilder