Back in high school or junior high school or both, whenever we’d have to read poetry, we’d have to read this:
No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the
Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe
is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy
friends or of thine own were; any man’s death diminishes me, because I am
involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell
tolls; It tolls for thee. -John Donne, poet (1573-1631)
I have always liked this for its beauty and for its wisdom. I’m sure back in school I also liked it because it dealt with Death. What made me think about this today? In addition to getting a word a day you also get a quote a day.