From the Shores of Introspect and Retrospect: Passport Stamps

"All love that has not friendship for its base is like a mansion built upon the sand." ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox

from "A Poets Voice"

The power of charity sows deep in my heart, and I reap and gather the wheat in bundles and give them to the hungry. My soul gives life to the grapevine and I press its bunches and give the juice to the thirsty. Heaven fills my lamp with oil and I place it at my window to direct the stranger through the dark. I do all these things because I live in them; and if destiny should tie my hands and prevent me from so doing, then death would be my only desire. For I am a poet, and if I cannot give, I shall refuse to receive. -Kahlil Gibran

Fortune...

Someone at the Peking Noodle company finally fixed the fortune maker in the fortune cookie machine. I've been getting increasingly lousy fortunes for far too long now and I recently got one that was so good I taped it to my keyboard. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You will go to Africa to take over the greatest gold mine there"... it says. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was very excited about this news, of course, and only slightly less excited that I'd finally gotten a really good fortune with my cookie. May you also be surprised with fortune this good, when you crack open your next cookie. Love, Scarlett