Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.
—Frost, “A Prayer in Spring” (I think if we examined the things that really bring us joy, we’d be surprise ourselves. It would be a lot easier to find small doses of happiness each day to tie us over. Keep us here, in the flowers to-day.)
