Friday, July 8, 2011

"Whose?"


This is an excerpt from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman.

"A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands;
How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any
    more than he.

I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green
Nauvoo Temple Handkerchief
    stuff woven.

Or I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord,
A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropt,
Bearing the owner's name someway in the corners, that we may
    see and remark, and say Whose?"

I love Walt Whitman's poems. It's pretty calm and makes you think about life. This poem Song of Myself has some of the gospel truths or things I believe in.
The whole point of this blog is to help us think. Think about what this poem means to you. Everyday we see God's "handkerchief" but yet, we fail to recognize it. If you didn't know, back in the day, people put their names on their handkerchiefs. In the case of this poem, it's like a person picking up someone's handkerchief with his/her name engraved on it but the person doesn't know who it belongs to.
God's "handkerchiefs" are all around us. We experience and see them every moment. What are some of them in my life today?

1. Music
2. Weather
3. My hands (to type this)
4. My eyes (to see)(That reminded me of a Primary song: My Heavenly Father Loves Me. Simple, yet powerful.)
5. My friends

Of course, there are more but I want you to think about what God has given you. How much He loves you. Appreciate the things that you didn't appreciate before. Recognize the blessings that you didn't recognize before. What are some of the "handkerchiefs" you saw today?

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