i love to read. for as long as i can remember, reading has always been a favorite activity of mine. even when i was scooted outdoors, i would crawl up into a tree branch and read.
a few years ago i read a great book by G.K. Chesterton entitled Orthodoxy. i have been thinking about a particular section of the book lately, so i thought i would share it with you:
"Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again" to the sun; and every evening. "Do it again" to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we."
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why have you been thinking about this particular part?
p.s. I actually understood... maybe i'm not too stupid to read the book :)
i have been thinking about it because i seem to be doing the same things over and over again lately. i don't want to ever miss an opportunity because i was too bored to see the unique moment for what it is.
we do enough growing old and never enough growing young.
Hi Joy!
Just noticed your blog and wanted to wish you a happy turkey day! Hope you're free so we can ketchup sometime!
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