a quote (or three)

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
~ e.e. cummings

In this world, you must be oh so smart, or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me.
~ Elwood P. Dowd (James Stewart in Harvey)

I suppose the thing that I would have like to have known or be reassured about is that in the world, what counts more than talent, what counts more than energy or concentration or commitment or anything else, is kindness. And the more in the world you encounter kindness — or cheerfulness which is its kind of amiable uncle or aunt — the more… just the better the world always is. And all the big words — virtue, justice, truth — are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness.
~ Stephen Fry

a poem

Blessed sister, holy mother, spirit of the fountain, spirit of the garden,
Suffer us not to mock ourselves with falsehood
Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still
Even among these rocks,
Our peace in His will
And even among these rocks
Sister, mother
And spirit of the river, spirit of the sea,
Suffer me not to be separated
And let my cry come unto Thee.
~ Ash Wednesday by T.S. Eliot

a song

Look at me standing
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine
No need to run and hide
It’s a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to laugh and cry
It’s a wonderful, wonderful life
~ Wonderful Life (Smith & Burrows version)

wishes for 2012:

more courage and more kindness
humility
inspiration
and laughter

(five or six years old)
peering from some high

window;at the gold

of november sunset

(and feeling:that if day
has to become night

this is a beautiful way)

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This is a list of Jimmy Stewart movies that I have to watch. 12 of these are still downloading and there’s 15 others I found that I can watch online. This is my worst obsession ever (and I know I’ve had a few really bad ones) and I hope I’ll be done with it, or most of it, by the end of December.

I recommend you all see The Philadelphia Story and It’s a Wonderful World, and maybe The Shop Around the Corner and Harvey, too. They’re all brilliant. I promise.