Arun Varghese

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

Why are we not better than we are – astonishing read on how poetry saves lives or, rather, what we do to save ourselves https://t.co/kV1EMCkgdY

[Neale Donald Walsch @realNDWalsch]

Remember always that love is freedom. You need no other word to define it. You need no other thought to comprehend it.

[The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) @brainpickings]

“When I die, I want to be sung across the threshold.”

This poem gets me every time: Let the Last Thing Be Song https://t.co/LHD3hx9iue

[The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) @brainpickings]

This is pure solace: Diane Ackerman on what working at a suicide prevention hotline taught her about loneliness and resilience https://t.co/oXHeOI7pVM

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

From pioneering aviator Anne Morrow Lindbergh, the wisest and most assuring thing I've ever read about how to navigate change in an important relationship https://t.co/KnmgQSwws5

[The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) @brainpickings]

“A tree is a little bit of the future.”

Wangari Maathai, born on this day in 1940, became the first African woman awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for planting trees as resistance and empowerment. Her remarkable story, illustrated: https://t.co/IoJlDKxpQP

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

The forgotten prodigy William James Sidis (named for his famous godfather) challenged the second law of thermodynamics to explore the mystery of life and death a century ahead of the currently compelling "assembly theory" of life https://t.co/Ahe2NTLOCe

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

"The world asks of us
only the strength we have and we give it.
Then it asks more, and we give it."

A poem to save a day, or a life https://t.co/3zU2WZLU9e

[Steve Denehan @SteverinoD]

A poem for Robin published last year by Lucent Dreaming.

Thanks for reading. :)

[Punch Cartoons ... and more @PunchBooks]

Today's PUNCH colour cover. The computer is always right... Well, nearly always... Ed McLachlan 1983 #seasons #weather #climate #meteorology #electronics #digital #IT #technology #informationtechnology #homes #lifestyle

[The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) @brainpickings]

An uncommonly lovely illustrated story about love, loss, the healing power of trees, and the art of savoring unlonely solitude https://t.co/oXVQZJhjjp

[Meg @megannn_lynne]

louise glück:

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

A tender and surprising allegory about the meaning of true love from Edward Gorey, born 100 years ago today https://t.co/iygB9hjcYQ

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

You bless your own life when you forgive your mother, forgive your father, forgive the person for whom your love was not enough, forgive the person for whom your love was too much, forgive yourself, over and over and over.

And so, a poem: https://t.co/2tfiI544Y5

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

From poet Grace Paley, still the finest advice on the art of growing older: https://t.co/D3JdR8VTP6

[The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) @brainpickings]

A #birddivination for today from the black-headed song grosbeak. Available as a stand-alone print at https://t.co/evEbFq5pZZ and as part of the deck of 100 (along with the story and process behind these strange creations) at https://t.co/r3ZY6gc3q7

[Ivy Cottage Baker @Ivycottagebaker]

"Blind Pew", 1911
N. C. Wyeth (American, 1882–1945)
oil on canvas @debjshaw @OwdAlbert @GrimArtGroup

[Steve Denehan @SteverinoD]

Once upon a time Bukowski was published in The Chiron Review so I got an especially big kick out of sneaking a few poems into a recent issue.

Here is one of them.

Thanks for reading. :)

[The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) @brainpickings]

"We can never go back... We can go forward. We can find the love our hearts long for, but not until we let go grief about the love we lost long ago... All awakening to love is spiritual awakening."

bell hooks on love https://t.co/5zHoeQUcDV