Quite Contrary
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
– Norman Vincent Peale
Quite Contrary
A Christmas candle is a lovely thing;
It makes no noise at all,
But softly gives itself away;
While quite unselfish, it grows small.
– Eva K. Logue
A Quite Contrary Day
Staring out
At all the white and dead
There
Standing in the middle of it all
Is green and life.
Quite Contrary
She paused.
I will make today meaningful, she said.
So she continued to blow on dandelion seeds.
Quite Contrary
“When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.” – Georgia O’keeffe
