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The great Poet, T. S. Eliot, whose Christian spirituality has had such an effect upon me, once called himself (in regard to his published essays on literary criticism), a Critic With Gusto; and by that, he meant a Critic who reviewed, or represented, the work of other poets that had been forgotten, neglected, or somehow removed from direct attention in English literature.
With a somewhat modified but similar attitude, I like to visit Postpoems' archives from time to time, and read the Poetry of Poets who were members long before I had joined. I wish more of Poets presently on Postpoems would do this, because posting a comment will bring that Poet's poem, or poems, into current view at least for a little while. I browse randomly, and tonight I found the best prose paragraph I have ever encountered in the archives here.
It appears on the main page of the Poet, this_is_life. It does not contain an attribution, so I am presuming it is his. I have sent him a PM about it, and my intention to cite it here; but his absence of over ten years leads me to believe I may not hear an answer from him soon. Again, I want to emphasize: the following prose paragraph is not mine, and appears on this_is_life's page, with no other attribution; so that I presume it is his composition.
''Happiness is not the absence of sadness but an ability to live with sadness and still see the beauty of the day. To breathe deeply and inhale the gray wetness of rain as nourishment, the white thickness of fog as misty backdrop. To be happy is to smile even when you don't get your way, to be grateful for the gifts you have been given.''
I am also including the link: https://www.postpoems.org/authors/this_is_life
I hope you like this paragraph of wisdom as much as I do, and did.
The paragraph from this_is_life's main page is reproduced here under the fair use doctrine established in The Copyright Act of 1976. I do not believe I have violated the law, or common ethics or courtesies, or the policies of Postpoems in reproducing the paragraph here. Once again, I want to reiterate that I do not, and would not, claim, or attempt to claim, any ownership interest or orignation of this brilliantly wise and poetic paragraph. I simply cite it for its poetic and philosophical value.
Starward
