Carpe Diem!

Seize the day!

Damn the disasters.

Pass them by with grace.

And like a massive live oak in the wetlands of Missouri,

Live for the lives of others.

Give forth your fruit to the less fruitful.

Feed them with inspiration.

With kindness.

With knowledge.

Share with them these things,

And do so purely with the love in thine own heart.

Live for others, but live also for yourself.

Volunteer, but keep your own home clean.

Work to give, but work to keep.

Encourage an adventurous soul in others, but climb those “unclimbable” mountains and explore those unexplored forests for your own wanderful soul.

The live oak tree feeds the red squirrels and deer of the forest, but also must reach for the yellow yonder to grow, to strive, to LIVE.

Reach into Earth’s soft, green hills.

Dig deep into her rich, dark soil.

Lick from it the infinite wisdom held within.

Let it course through your veins-your roots.

FEEL it as it heals your flustered soul, for it holds the love of OUR great God.

Seize the day!

Seize the day.

Damn the disasters!

Damn them.

The past has passed and mustn’t be looked back upon.

For God’s command to Lot’s wife is God’s command to us.

If a limb has died and is fallen from the tree, she does not let the other limbs fall off.

Rather she lets that limb fertilize and strengthen her.