"A Thought For Today"

[browngirl]

I do like the Word of the Day emails, including the little quotations. And this is a good one for this sleepy morning.

Sometimes, exhausted
With toil and endeavour,
I wish I could sleep
For ever and ever;
But then this reflection
My longing allays:
I shall be doing it
One of these days.

-Piet Hein, poet and scientist (1905-1996)

Comments

[med_cat]

Oh how very true...I've thought smth like that on many occasions, but he put it very well...may I repost it? ;)

Thanks,
Cat

[redbird]

I do like Piet Hein. I have a couple of his little books of poems around here somewhere; it may be time to reread some.

Put up in a place where it's easy to see
The cryptic admonishment, TTT.
When we feel how depressingly slow we climb,
It's well to remember, Things Take Time.

From memory, I may have a word, or punctuation, wrong.

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

this one's great too:

ON PROBLEMS

Our choicest plans
have fallen through,
our airiest castles
tumbled over,
because of lines
we neatly drew
and later neatly
stumbled over.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, if you hadn't heard of him I would have had to have told you about him. His poems have made me think of you.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Still, I can feel the gist. :D

[gingicat]

Nice. :)

Oh, your boots are posted; you may want to track replies.
http://community.livejournal.com/fatshionista/5825014.html

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

that's lovely :) i do love hein

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

I like that one! Next time I'll just wish for one more hour of sleep :)