My roommate E left this for me a couple of mornings ago. I found it on my way out the door and it definitely put a little smile on my face. (Thanks E!)
Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with self respect, with new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain and overlook the old.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emerson is another one of those poets, or writers, that I consistently like. He and Thoreau write so simply and matter-of-factly. And even out of context their words carry a positive message with all the meaning and none of the drag-you-through-the-mud philosophy. A wonderful bite-sized serving of common sense. A spoon full of sugar to get my philosophy down.
