“I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather my spark burn out in a brilliant blaze than be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy, permanenet planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not […]
Sometimes, when driving somewhere, I can’t help but stare at all the homes Im passing and wonder at the many lives that go on inside them, of all the immense sorrows, hopes and joys contained within such tiny boxes. There are SO many people in the world, and so many are good, decent people who […]
“Peace goes into the making of a poem, as flour goes into the making of bread.”
Pablo Neruda
“Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward.”
-Robert Collier-
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The West
Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you’re a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big […]
Chamber
“When the door of comfort and pleasure closes upon you, another door soon opens. This new door, open now for perhaps the first time, leads into the private chamber of a quiet, watching God. There He patiently awaits you. You are not required to enter, however. You can remain alone, doubting, self-absorbed, anguished, restless. […]
Advisers, Helpers, Friends
The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our own form of right action […]
Doubt sees the obstacles
Faith sees the way
Doubt sees the darkest night
Faith sees the day
Doubt dreads to take a step
Faith soars on high.
Doubt questions ‘who believes?’
Faith answers, ‘I.’
© 2008
Jeff Foster