April 17, 2020
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week is happiness.
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A philosophical number poem about the role of calculation in
achieving happiness:
Thirty-eight has no fear of the future,
Having learned the secret in the past:
It calculates the chances of success,
Roughly estimating more or less,
Then turns to contemplate the things that last,
Yielding a solution that is surer.
Even though a number might be better
In dithering before the die is cast,
Grace comes not to bargain but to bless,
Hewing to what hopes lie anchored fast,
The resonance within the songs that matter.
© by Nicholas Gordon
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This week’s theme: Happiness
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4/17: Thirty-Eight Has No Fear of the Future
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