Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, and then my state, (Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven’s gate; For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
William Shakespeare
For Thy Sweet Love Remembered
Topic: Family & Friendship
When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man’s art and that man’s scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
(Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven’s gate;
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
Humanism, Arts and Sciences
Covey, Stephen R. The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness. Free Press, 2013, p. 92 [William Shakespeare, Sonnet 29: When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes].
William Shakespeare
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When my father died, I decided I was going to maintain and even increase my very special relationship with my mother because of the new void in her life…. I have had the tremendous benefit of having a very supportive and understanding wife who has the “abundance mentality.” My wife, Sandra, doesn’t see life as a fixed piece of pie where there is only so much time, where time with my mother would mean time away from her. She saw that time with my mother would actually increase the depth of our own relationship.
When mother passed away, we put on her tombstone a line from Shakespeare’s 29th Sonnet: “For thy sweet love remembered, such wealth brings…” I would encourage you to read this sonnet slowly and carefully. Let your imagination fill in the richness and meaning of each phrase [Read Sonnet 29 above in Context].