The Red Wheelbarrow

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens.

- William Carlos Williams

The relegation of myth and fairy tale to childhood is a recent phenomenon.  Before the twentieth century, myths and fairy tales were the repository of the wisdom of a whole culture. The people in such societies had a profound understanding and respect for the psychological forces symbolized by these tales, and that understanding enabled them to experience a living spiritual dimension in everyday life.

- Robert Johnson

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.  - Charles Dickens