Stevie Wonder ~ Stay Gold (The Outsiders)

"Stay Gold"

Seize upon that moment long ago
One breath away and there you will be
So young and carefree
Again you will see
That place in time...so gold

 Steal away into that way back when
You thought that all would last forever
But like the weather
Nothing can ever...and be in time
Stay gold

 But can it be
When we can see
So vividly
A memory
And yes you say
So must the day
Too, fade away
And leave a ray of sun
So gold

Life is but a twinkling of an eye
Yet filled with sorrow and compassion
though not imagined
All things that happen
Will age too old
Though gold

 

 

 

Source:

 

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/steviewonder/staygold.html

 

Robert Frost ~ Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nothing Gold Can Stay

 

Nature’s first green is gold, 
Her hardest hue to hold. 
Her early leaf’s a flower; 
But only so an hour. 
Then leaf subsides to leaf. 
So Eden sank to grief, 
So dawn goes down to day. 
Nothing gold can stay.

Robert Frost, 1874 - 1963 

Source:

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/nothing-gold-can-stay

Sayings St. Nicholas of Serbia ~ non-being

   Falsehood - and only falsehood - separates us from God ... False thoughts, false words, false feelings, false desires - Behold the aggregate of lies that leads us to non-being, illusion, and rejection of God.


 (St. Nicholas of Serbia, Thoughts on Good and Evil)




source:
http://www.orthodox.cn/patristics/300sayings_en.htm