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Friday, July 9

"Her Praise"

She is foremost of those that I would hear praised.
I have gone about the house, gone up and down
As a man does who has published a new book,
Or a young girl dressed out in her new gown,
And though I have turned the talk by hook or crook
Until her praise should be the uppermost theme,
A woman spoke of some new tale she had read,
A man confusedly in a half dream
As though some other name ran in his head.
She is foremost of those that I would hear praised.
I will talk no more of books or the long war
But walk by the dry thorn until I have found
Some beggar sheltering from the wind, and there
Manage the talk until her name come round.
If there be rags enough he will know her name
And be well pleased remembering it, for in the old days,
Though she had young men's praise and old men's blame,
Among the poor both old and young gave her praise.

William Butler Yeats

Tuesday, July 6

Monday, July 5

This is what I needed to read.

“Some of us fuss so much over making the ‘right’ choice, but in life, all that’s really needed is to make any’ good’ choice, believe in it, go through with it, and accept the consequences.”

I'm not so much a perfectionist as I admittedly do have perfectionist-like tendencies at times. I need to be reminded to look at the big picture and to enjoy things as they come. I look forward to things too much, and when the thing involves work, I end up overspent or procrastinating. Two extremes I want to avoid.

However, I'd like to think that my blog is one of positivity. I want to be the type of person to exude optimism, not my own insecurities. I will be happy, always, if I only remember that I am.