unexpected poetry

I Thank You God...

i thank You God for most this amazing
day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes

(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday ;this is the birth
day of life and love and wings: and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)

how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any—lifted from the no
of all nothing—human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?
(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)

e.e. cummings (1894–1962)

Counterfeit

Don't fear rejection! Embrace it!

Jia Jiang from Chris Guillebeau on Vimeo.
Thank you Jia Jiang!

Quotes

I listen to a plethora of podcasts. Kind of like I read a bundle of blogs.
Here are two quotes I've heard recently that I'd like to keep on hand.

The purpose of Christianity is not to avoid difficulty; but to produce a character adequate to meet it when it comes. It does not make life easy; rather, it seeks to make us great enough for life.
          - James L. Christensen

       
He had Abraham take a walk, Elijah take a nap, Joshua take a lap, and Adam take the rap.

He gave Moses a forty-year time out, he gave David a harp and a dance, and he gave Paul a pen and a scroll.

He wrestled with Jacob, argued with Job, whispered to Elijah, warned Cain, and comforted Hagar.

He gave Aaron an altar, Miriam a song, Gideon a fleece, Peter a name, and Elisha a mantle.

Jesus was stern with the rich young ruler, tender with the woman caught in adultery, patient with the disciples, blistering with the scribes, gentle with the children, and gracious with the thief on the cross.

God never grows two people the same way. God is a hand-crafter, not a mass-producer.
        - John Ortberg

Daikokuya

This restaurant was delicious.

I will not remember the name, so I'm storing the memory here. www.daikoku-ten.com