Daily Writing, 66 – Hope
Hope is being able to see that there is light, despite all of the darkness. — Desmond Mpilo Tutu P.S. On a break, be back next week.
Hope is being able to see that there is light, despite all of the darkness. — Desmond Mpilo Tutu P.S. On a break, be back next week.
I am a part of all that I have met; Yet, experience is an arch wherethro’ Gleams that untravll’d world whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move. — Alfred Tennyson, Ulysses, 18–21.
Constantine, by Bernini This is art!
A bell is no bell til you ring it A song is no song til you sing it And love in your heart wasn’t put there to stay Love isn’t love til you give it away. — Maria, in the Sound of Music
Along St. Peter’s Square
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. — Luke, 6:38 The statue of Charity, in the portico of St. Peters
Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness. — Anne Frank
Have I told you lately, that I love you?
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven …
This from yesterday’s Daily Stoic newsletter. I’m quoting it wholly, because short though it may be; it packs such a powerful punch. Your Uber driver is delayed and you want a credit for the inconvenience. Your house is damaged in a storm and you want your insurance to pay for every penny of the repairs. Someone says something pointed and personal at you, and you want them not only to apologize, but to convince you that they never meant it in the first place....