some of us don't gain the Kingdom except by kicking and screaming ( Read more... )

...Ithaca granted you the lovely voyage.
Without her you would never have departed on your course.
But she has nothing else to grant you any more.

And if you find her squalid, Ithaca did not cheat you.
So wise have you become, so experienced,
you already will have realized what they mean: these Ithacas.

Here is the whole poem.

i got it from thais .

I only hope that in my growth toward maturity that I may not lose the joy of living - the pure unadulterated joy of existence. I want to grow up, but I don't want to stop loving. I want to be who I am, but not hurt anyone. I don't want growing old to be "boring."

( self-reflections...longish )

What has meaning?

What over the course of your life means most to you (not in a theoretical way, but in a solid and real sense.)

What is it that gives you breath and ability to function and strength?

What is the mystery that means the most to you?

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Yesterday we discovered that the chimney was blown down. Dad, of course, ended up on the news, hamming it up with the neighbor ( Read more... )

Get it while ye may!

This is the exhibit I just saw.

I neglected to share this with you..

EDIT: Okay, I know I am...saying that Orthodoxy is the best etc etc and the only way and the truth is that none of us knows anything - but it sometimes shocks me into belief...into love for my faith...and I get a little mouthy about it..So forgive me ( Read more... )

In the beginning of our life we have need of the presence of another to love or befriend. As we progress, the One--God--fills us with such love and His joy that nobody at all is needed. All of this longing for another the soul does in the beginning because it still doesn't know Whom it loves and therefore thinks it needs a certain person ( Read more... )

Went to the Getty Museum exhibit ( Read more... )