Today's Inspiring Boot in the Behind

Brought to us by Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892), American poet who espoused individual worth and the oneness of humanity:

Long enough have you dream’d contemptible dreams
Now I wash the gum from your eyes,
You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life.

Long have you timidly waded holding a plank by the shore,
Now I will you to be a bold swimmer,
To jump off in the midst of the sea, rise again, nod to me, shout, and laughingly dash with your hair.

from “Song of Myself,” Leaves of Grass
verse 46, lines 28-33