Daily Signet

When all around us lives seem to be shrinking from distress, may we work to sustain what is magnanimous—or as the ancient Greeks would say, “great-souled”.  As we find our way through all that is unknown, may we resist all that is pusillanimous—“small-souled”—especially within ourselves.  May we not cling to the old as we behold its decay.  Rather, may we each find and sing forth our own “Magnificat” as did Mary when visited by Gabriel bearing mysterious and confusing news—a magnification of soul that allows each to imaginatively behold the newness, the possibilities, the potential of each refreshed morning of the world and, “Fear not.”

Teri Martin                                            

On This Day…

Edgar Lee Masters born in Garnett, Kans., 1869, died 1950: attorney, poet, biographer, dramatist
Works: Spoon River Anthology, The Sangamon, Toward the Gulf
Quotes: “Beware of the man who rises to power from one suspender.” “How shall the soul of man be greater than the life he has lived?”