"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about."
Albert Einstein
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Sitting
If there was a world that felt as magical as the one in my head, I think I might be much more content. Sometimes all it takes is putting in my headphones and that’s enough to transport me somewhere else. I’m sitting in reality, but music makes everything seem somewhat other. Like stardust could blow off the roof of the building across the street and float and sparkle in the air with cartoon drawings of fantastical characters like in that commercial on television.
This endeavor is proving tough. I’m not terribly good at self-discipline. When I really want something, it’s easy, because in that case at least there’s a goal. When I’m just making myself do something for the sake of doing it, it’s much harder to sit down for three hours at a time and make my brain focus. It doesn’t even need to focus so much as create imaginative brilliance out of thin air.
The Belgian guy that comes into the shop all the time is wearing lavender shoes today. Yesterday they were royal blue. If he wasn’t attractive and look pretty constantly like he just stepped off of a yacht, he’d never get away with it. The warm smile and the perfect French accent help too. I used to make his triple espresso and medium cappuccino. Now I’m sitting here in another capacity watching him walk away down the street. I wonder where life and his J. Crew polos will take him... I wonder where life and my Old Navy t-shirts will take me...
This endeavor is proving tough. I’m not terribly good at self-discipline. When I really want something, it’s easy, because in that case at least there’s a goal. When I’m just making myself do something for the sake of doing it, it’s much harder to sit down for three hours at a time and make my brain focus. It doesn’t even need to focus so much as create imaginative brilliance out of thin air.
The Belgian guy that comes into the shop all the time is wearing lavender shoes today. Yesterday they were royal blue. If he wasn’t attractive and look pretty constantly like he just stepped off of a yacht, he’d never get away with it. The warm smile and the perfect French accent help too. I used to make his triple espresso and medium cappuccino. Now I’m sitting here in another capacity watching him walk away down the street. I wonder where life and his J. Crew polos will take him... I wonder where life and my Old Navy t-shirts will take me...
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Quote of the Day
From Amy Carmichael:
"You and I must be sure of what we are called to do, with an inward conviction that absolutely nothing can shake. Only God and those who have to walk in that path know how hard this kind of faith-life can be. But He does know. If only the next step is clear, then the one thing to do is take it! Don't pledge your Lord or yourself to any steps beyond what you know. You don't see them yet. We don't walk spiritually by electric light, but by a hand-held lantern. And a lantern shows only the next step - not several steps ahead."
I'm finding life to be ever increasingly a day by day experiment...
"You and I must be sure of what we are called to do, with an inward conviction that absolutely nothing can shake. Only God and those who have to walk in that path know how hard this kind of faith-life can be. But He does know. If only the next step is clear, then the one thing to do is take it! Don't pledge your Lord or yourself to any steps beyond what you know. You don't see them yet. We don't walk spiritually by electric light, but by a hand-held lantern. And a lantern shows only the next step - not several steps ahead."
I'm finding life to be ever increasingly a day by day experiment...
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