There Is No Joy That Does Not Sing of Longing

November 21, 2018

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Thanksgiving, which is celebrated tomorrow, November 22^nd.

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A Thanksgiving poem about how anyone might turn towards joy:

There is no joy that does not sing of longing,

Having come a long, hard way to love.

All happiness is earned, all bliss belonging,

Nor need one be alone, though lonesome prove.

Kindness is a kind of gratitude,

Sign and source of pleasure in one's being,

Giving thanks by giving, as the shrewd

Invest in what they have small chance of seeing.

Very little time is spent in singing.

Instead, we speak of what we want or need,

Not knowing every minute we are bringing

Gifts to those whose music we might read.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Thanksgiving

11/19: Tell Me, Please, Whom I Ought to Thank

11/20: The Point Is What You Have, Not What You Don’t

11/21: There Is No Joy That Does Not Sing of Longing