MY TWO CENTS
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year… This quote says to me that it’s about attitude. Admittedly, I don’t always have the right attitude, but it reminds me that if I choose to I can have today and every day after to be the best day. It’s about a mind set and yes, it takes effort, but isn’t it worth the effort when this life is all too short. So, starting today, here’s to the best day of the year.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was born in Boston, Massachusetts and was the second of five children of who survived to adulthood. His father died of stomach cancer when Emerson was eight years old, which led to his mother and other women of the family raising him and his siblings. Emerson attended Harvard, worked additional jobs to support himself through college and graduated in the middle of his class. His first marriage was to Ellen Louisa Tucker who suffered and died from tuberculosis less than two years after they were married. Emerson then spent time writing, teaching and traveling to Europe. Four years after his first wife’s death, he married Lydia Jackson and they had three children. He was known for his writing as an essayist and poet. Emerson pioneered the art of lecturing, and he spoke on various topics of individuality and freedom and gave over 1,500 lectures, which provided him a good income to support his family. He led the transcendentalist movement and some of his more well-known essays are: Nature, The American Scholar, The Poet and Self-Reliance.

Another favorite quote of mine of Ralph Waldo Emerson is: “What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have…”

FEATURED FLOWER
Teddy Bear Sunflower. Photographed @ My Cutting Garden.

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