Friday 16 May 2014

Contentment

My Lord, how full of sweet content
I pass my years of banishment!
Where e'er I dwell, I dwell with Thee,
In heaven, in earth, or on the sea.

To me remains nor place nor time,
My country is in every clime;
I can be calm and free from care
On any shore, since God is there.

While place I seek, or place I shun,
The soul finds happiness in none;
But with my God to guide my way,
Tis equal joy, to go or stay.
-- Jeanne Guyon

Stay at home !

Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest;
Home-keeping hearts are happiest,
For those that wander they know not where
Are full of trouble and full of care;
To stay at home is best."
 
(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)