Quote of the Day (W.H. Auden, on Why ‘Life Remains a Blessing’)

"'O look, look in the mirror,

   O look in your distress:

Life remains a blessing

   Although you cannot bless.

"O stand, stand at the window

   As the tears scald and start;

You shall love your crooked neighbour

   With your crooked heart.'" ― W.H. Auden, “As I Walked Out One Evening,” from Another Time (1940)