The birds scattered

The birds scattered,

I wished they’d stayed

I was only passing by.

"Go oft to the house of thy friend ...."

"Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path."

"And yet in any place I go ...."

“And yet in any place I go

I watch and listen as all creatures do

For what I cannot see or hear,

For something warns me everywhere

That even in my land of birth

I trespass on the earth.”

"While we live, let us live."

"While we live, let us live."

D H Lawrence

Monotony is the law of nature ....

Monotony is the law of nature.  Look at the monotonous manner in which the sun rises.  The monotony of necessary occupations is exhilarating and life-giving.

Mahatma Gandhi

"Ah, make the most of what we may yet spend"

Ah, make the most of what we may yet spend,
Before we too into the Dust descend;
     Dust into Dust, and under Dust, to lie;
Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and -- sans End!