Slower Lane of Life

'Sadly we have interpreted the slower lane of life as the poorer lane!'
-Eutychus2

We teach our children how to measure
and how to weigh.
We fail to teach them how to revere,
how to sense wonder and awe'
-Rabbi Abraham Herchel

'All of earth is crammed with heaven, and every brush
aflame with God,
but only those who see take off their shoes.'
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning
[how few times I've bothered to take off my shoes and observe
spell-bound! -Eutychus2]

What is this life if, full of care,
We have not time to stand and stare-
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows;
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass-
No time to see in broad daylight
Streams full of stars, like stars at night
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance
A poor life this if, full of care
We have no time to stand and stare.
-Wm. Henry Davies

[most of these poems were found on the terry hersey link.]