For our small group, I submit this, from Garrison Keillor's "Writer's Almanac" -- a literary blog on which he posts a daily poem.
Today's entry is, I think, appropriate for GTD'ers everywhere. Let us not forget -- as I often do, that in the end, or even in times of crisis, it's all a Cosmic Joke: (fyi, the author of the poem is Don Marquis and this is from one of his classic collections).
idle thought
paris september
fifth nineteen
twenty three
what i like
about this place
is that it is
such a nice
place to loaf in
and loafing
is the best thing
in life
nature shows
us that
a caterpillar
just eats and
loafs and sleeps
and after a while
without any effort
it turns into
a butterfly
with nothing to do
but flit around
and be beautiful
but consider
the industrious
tumble bug
the tumble bug
toils and plants
and sweats
and worries
pushing its burden
up hill forever
like sisyphus
and pretty soon
some one
comes along
and thinks how
vulgar and ugly
the thing is
and steps on it
and squashes it
idleness
and beauty
are their own
rewards
mehitabel the cat
is still missing
Today's entry is, I think, appropriate for GTD'ers everywhere. Let us not forget -- as I often do, that in the end, or even in times of crisis, it's all a Cosmic Joke: (fyi, the author of the poem is Don Marquis and this is from one of his classic collections).
idle thought
paris september
fifth nineteen
twenty three
what i like
about this place
is that it is
such a nice
place to loaf in
and loafing
is the best thing
in life
nature shows
us that
a caterpillar
just eats and
loafs and sleeps
and after a while
without any effort
it turns into
a butterfly
with nothing to do
but flit around
and be beautiful
but consider
the industrious
tumble bug
the tumble bug
toils and plants
and sweats
and worries
pushing its burden
up hill forever
like sisyphus
and pretty soon
some one
comes along
and thinks how
vulgar and ugly
the thing is
and steps on it
and squashes it
idleness
and beauty
are their own
rewards
mehitabel the cat
is still missing