Wishes for the New Year.

Hello Dear Friends,
Here it is New Years Eve 2009, we are having a quiet little celebration at home just Sir Knight, Genghis and myself. But before the New Year gets here I wanted to take a few minutes to remember all my friends and wish you the very best for 2010.

This is my wish for you

By Charles Livingston Snell (1914)

This is my wish for you.

That the spirit of beauty

May continually

Hover about you

And fold

You close within

the tendernesses

Of her wing.

That each

Beautiful

And gracious

Thing in life

May be unto you

As a symbol

Of good for your

Soul’s delight.

That Sun - glories

&

Star - glories

Leaf -glories

&

Bark - glories

Flower - glories

& glories

That lurk

In the grasses

Of the field

Glories of mountains

& Oceans

Of little streams

Of running

Waters

Glories of Song

Of poesy

Of all

The arts

May be to you

As sweet, abiding

Influences

That will illumine

Your life

And make you glad.

That your soul

May be as

An alabaster cup,

Filled to

Overflowing with

The mystical wine

Of beauty

And love.

That happiness

May put

Her arms

Around you,

And wisdom

Make

Your soul serene.

This is

My wish

For you.

I don't make list of resolutions, nope never have. I know that the best way to make things impossible for me to follow up on is to put pen to ink and then to paper - making them a chore.
So I refuse to set myself up for failure. Instead I found these wonderful things to remember and I will strive to remember them throughout this next year.

Things to remember:
....Marshal Field
1. The worth of character;
2. The improvement of talent;
3. The influence of example;
4. The joy of origination;
5. The dignity of simplicity;
6. The success of perseverance.

Hoping you all have a safe and happy New Year filled with more laughter than tears.


Hugs,
Penny