Imagining the Sphere

A comment from my friend Kathryn Sabadosa brought to mind this favorite poem of mine. Thanks Kathryn!

Happiness is like a crystal,

fair and exquisite and clear ,

broken in a million pieces,

shattered, scattered far and near.

Now and then along life's pathway.

Lo! some shining fragments fall,

but there are so many pieces,

no one ever finds them all.



Yet the wise as on they journey

treasure every fragment clear,

fit them as they may together,

learning to be thankful,

though their share of it is small,

for it has so many pieces,

no one ever finds them all.



Poem by Priscilla Leonard AKA Emily Bissell.

I have always loved this poem thinking it a great accomplishment to find the little bits of happiness in each day. This is my goal for this weekend...to look around for all the things that I might have missed.

TRIVIA: Emily Bissell was not only a poet but has another claim to fame. She made a name for herself at a young age as the founder of Wilmington's (DE) first public kindergarten and for her efforts to introduce child labor laws in the state of Deleware. She also introduced the Christmas Seal Campaign to the U.S. in 1907 as a way to raise money to help people with TB.