Salutation to the dawn

I was just writing an email to a friend, and having read their recent blog post, it made me think of my favourite poem, and so I thought I would post it here .

This has inspired me for many years; made me face things, embrace things, "seize the day", stop procrastinating, and just made me feel happy to be alive.

Just in case you are wondering....vanilla is flavour of the week here "far away":(

 

Salutation to the Dawn

Look to this day!

For it is life, the very life of life.

In its brief course

Lie all the verities and realities of your existence:

The bliss of growth

The glory of action

The splendor of beauty

For yesterday is but a dream

And tomorrow only a vision

But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness

And every tomorrow a vision of hope.

Look well, therefore to this day!

Such is the salutation to the dawn.