A blessing for the jet lagged

Blessed be he that invented sleep.

        Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote

 

 

 

 

 

Prerequisite

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly
        unless one has plenty of work to do.

                Jerome K. Jerome, Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow 

 

 

 

 

Lessons for Cinco de Mayo

My grandmother—God bless her soul—
a Yaqui Indian from northern Mexico,
was the greatest teacher I’d ever had!
And do you know what she taught me,
she taught me that each and every day
is un milagro [a miracle] given to us by God,
and that work, that planting corn and squash
with our two hands is holy.
She taught me all this with kindness and invitation.

        Victor Villasenor, Burro Genius: A Memoir

 

 

 

 

 

Poem: May Night

The spring is fresh and fearless
And every leaf is new,
The world is brimmed with moonlight,
The lilac brimmed with dew.

Here in the moving shadows
I catch my breath and sing--
My heart is fresh and fearless
And over-brimmed with spring.

            Sara Teasdale 

 

 

 

 

Do one thing

When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing:
        bring people joy.
Just like church does. People don't go to church to find trouble,
        they go there to lose it.

                James Brown, James Brown: The Godfather of Soul

 

 

Sisters

We were a club, a society, a civilization all our own.

        "We Were Five": The Dionne Quintuplets' Story

 

 

 

 

Fame

Every man who deserves to be famous
     knows it is not worth the trouble.

            Fernando Pessoa, A Celebridade