AOM Meditations: 061720

The Boxer by Konstantin Somov

Thanks to a Friend for sending us this beautiful art

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EMERSON

One of my favorite wise men

Quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Write it on your heart

that every day is the best day in the year.

He is rich who owns the day, 

and no one owns the day

who allows it to be invaded 

with fret and anxiety.

Finish every day and be done with it.

You have done what you could.

Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in.

Forget them as soon as you can, 

tomorrow is a new day;

begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit

to be cumbered with your old nonsense.

This new day is too dear,

with its hopes and invitations,

to waste a moment on the yesterdays.”

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

(Collected Poems and Translations)

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“What lies behind us and what lies before us 

are tiny matters 

compared to what lies within us.” 

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“The glory of friendship 

is not the outstretched hand, 

not the kindly smile, 

nor the joy of companionship; 

it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one 

when you discover that someone else 

believes in you 

and is willing to trust you with a friendship.” 

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Make your own Bible. 

Select and collect all the words and sentences 

that in all your readings have been to you 

like the blast of a trumpet.” 

~Ralph Waldo Emerson