AUTUMN LEAVES

SWEEP the leaves together, Yellow, brown and red
Let us make a bonfire, Now that they are dead.

CHESTNUT leaves and beech leaves, Ash, lime and oak
Fir-cones and pine needles, Kindle into smoke.

LEAVES that all the summer Gave us cool and shade
What will be left of them, When our bonfire's made?

ONLY death-like ashes, But from this same dust
Suns one day will fashion, Life anew, we trust...
author unknown



How about FALL Resolutions?

(After 9 months of not keeping the new year's ones)
    Give up complaining . . . focus on gratitude.
    Give up pessimism . . . become an optimist.
    Give up harsh judgments . . . think kind thoughts.
    Give up worry . . . trust divine providence.
    Give up discouragement . . . be full of hope.
    Give up bitterness . . . turn to forgiveness.
    Give up hatred . . . return good for evil.
    Give up negativism . . . be positive.
    Give up anger . . . practice patience.
    Give up pettiness . . . put on maturity.
    Give up gloom. . . enjoy the beauty that is all around you.
    Give up jealousy . . . pray for trust.
    Give up gossiping . . . control your tongue.
    Give up sin. . . . turn to virtue.



Thought for the Day:

All of us could take a lesson from the weather...
It pays no attention to criticism.
~author unknown

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