How Do I Love Thee?

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breath and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of Being and ideal Grace,

I love thee to the level of everyday's

Most quiet need, by sun and candle light.

I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;

I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.

I love thee with the passion put to use

In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

With my lost saints,-I love thee with the breath,

Smiles, tears of all my life!- and, if God choose,

I shall but love thee better after death.

 

happy valentine's day a day late!

Jude

 

Samuel Beckett says, "Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter."

"Try again. Fail again. Fail better."

Authentic success arrives only after we have mastered failure better.
--Sarah Ban Breathnach

I wish you enough.
Jude Urbanski