"Don't blame anyone or anything for your situation ...."

“Don’t blame anyone or anything for your situation or problems.  When you do that, you are saying that you are powerless over your own life – which is utter crap.  An empowering step to reclaiming your life is taking responsibility.”

"I've got to do what I have to do ...."

“I’ve got to do what I have to do so I don’t have to do what I don’t want to do.”

"... The dawn is a refreshing time ...."

“... The dawn is a refreshing time, a time of possibility and promise.  All elements of nature: stones, fields, rivers and animals are suddenly there anew in the fresh dawn light.  Just as darkness brings rest and release, so the dawn brings awakening and renewal.  In our mediocrity and distraction, we forget that we are privileged to live in a wondrous universe.  Each day, the dawn unveils the mystery of this universe.  Dawn is the ultimate surprise; it awakens us to the immense ‘thereness’ of nature.  The wonderful subtle colour of the universe arises to clothe everything.”

"If you would be loved ...."

“If you would be loved, love and be lovable.”

... I will set my own pace

I don’t care if the world pass me by, I will set my own pace.

"... Keep still, my heart ...."

“... Keep still, my heart,

Nor ask for peace,

when care may suit thee best,

Nor ask for love,

nor joy, nor even rest,

but be content to love, whate’er betide,

And maybe love will bring thee to love’s side”

"It is morning somewhere ...."

“It is morning somewhere or other now; and it will be morning here again tomorrow.  Good times and bad times and all times pass over.”

... I don't know pretension, you see

I don’t care if you think I lack finesse, I don’t know pretension, you see.

"I can see how it might be possible ...."

“I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heaven and say there is no God.”

"I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird ...."

 "I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm."

"Love does not consist of gazing at each other ...."

"Love does not consist of gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction."

"Give it that way ...."

"Give it that way and you’ll get it back that way."

"And so I continue to pretend ...."

 

"And so I continue to pretend,

That my life will never end,

That flowers never bend with the rainfall."