When
I wrote about my One Little Word
last week, I referred to a wonderful website with 50 beautiful quotes connected
to my word, POSSIBILITIES. I also wrote
that it might be fun to research those whose words were highlighted. The first was St. Francis of Assisi. I am not an expert, but after reading a
child’s book, and then articles from the Catholic church online, I have learned
a fair amount. And Valentine’s Day is
coming, a day of love. If nothing else,
I have connected St. Francis, or Giovanni Bernardore, commonly known as Francesco
(founder of the Franciscan order) in a love story. And where else might we tell this love story
than in a sonnet? According to the
research I found, the earliest sonnets were written between 1220 and 1250
A.D. St. Francis of Assisi died in 1226
A.D.
Here
is the quote: "Start
by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing
the impossible." - St. Francis of Assisi from
The
Heart of Innovation.