“The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life’s plain common work as it comes certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things of life.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
Image: “Dancing in the…dark” by Yannis via Flickr.
Welcome! I am a lawyer turned freelance writer, essayist, and editor. On staff at Literary Mama and the co-founder and co-editor of the literary journal, The Sunlight Press, my essays and reported work have appeared in The Washington Post, The Lily, Saveur, Civil Eats, Brain, Child, ESPN and elsewhere. I am currently at work on a memoir on grief and culture and how it provides perspective on life’s ordinary graces. I invite you to appreciate the ordinary with me. I hope my daily practice of seeing the magic in the mundane helps you celebrate and find more of these moments in your life too. Read More
I needed that today, my sweet friend.:)
Glad it provided some comfort. xoxo
I especially love this quote because it makes me think of photography – the light in eyes. And of course the breath in nostrils.
Tamara,
Yes, exactly. His quotes pushes you to consider the present. And a photograph is that. You will never be able to capture the exact same moment twice.