Under the eaves

Happy is the house that shelters a friend.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson, (1803 – 1882)

sacred

I wish that life should not be cheap,
but sacred.
I wish the days to be as centuries,
loaded, fragrant.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson, (1803 -1882)

the perfection of the whole

Every particular in nature,
a leaf, a drop,
a crystal, a moment of time,
is related to the whole,
and partakes of the perfection of the whole.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson, (1803 – 1882)