DEDICATION

Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson

DEDICATION

My first gift and my last, to you
I dedicate this fascide of songs -
The only wealth I have:
Just as they are, to you.

I speak the truth in soberness , and say
I had rather bring a light to your clear eyes,
Had rather hear you praise
This bosom full of songs.

Than that the whole, hard world with one consent,
In one continuous chorus of applause
Poured forth for me and mine
The homage of ripe praise.

I write the finis here against my love,
This is my love's last epitaph and tomb.
Here the road forks, and I
Go my way, far from yours.

REMEMBERING A POEM

There was an excerpt of this poem in our fifth grade reader:

http://www.bartleby.com/104/4.html

And, of course, many years have passed since then, I was happy to find on the internet, the
whole poem, and to read it again.

LOVE

"Love is not about finding the right person, but creating a right relationship.  It's not about how much love you have in the beginning but how much love you build in the end."
                                                            -----AUTHOR UNKNOWN-----
                                                            

POEM

CANIS MAJOR  by Robert Frost

The great over dog
That Heavenly beast
With a star in one eye
Gives a leap in the east.
He dances upright
All the way to the west
And never once drops
On his forefeet to rest
I'm a poor underdog,
But to-night I will bark
With the great overdog
That romps through the dark.

PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE

"I'VE COME TO BELIEVE THAT EACH OF US HAS A PERSONAL CALLING THAT IS AS UNIQUE AS A FINGER PRINT - AND THAT THE BEST WAY TO SUCCEED IS TO DISCOVER WHAT YOU LOVE AND THEN FIND A WAY TO OFFER IT TO OTHERS IN THE FORM OF SERVICE, WORKING HARD, AND ALSO ALLOWING THE ENERGY OF THE UNIVERSE TO LEAD YOU!"

                                                 -----Oprah winfrey-----

FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

"There is a FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH:
It is your mind, your  talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the
people you love.  When you learn to tap this source,  you will truly have defeated age."
                                                          -----Sophia Loren-----

FAVORITE QUOTES

My favorite quotes come from very interesting places:

"If  I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, It would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself."
                                                 -----Charles Shultz-----
                                              (Creator of Charlie Brown)

Some of my other favorite quotes come from:

Theodor Seuss Geisel--Creator of Doctor Seuss    and

A.A. Milne--Creator of Whinnie the Pooh