Profoundness : )
Excerpt from Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
The here, the now and the individual have always been the special concern of the saint, the artist, the poet and - the woman.
In the small circle of the home she has never quite forgotten the particular uniqueness of each member of the family, the spontaneity of now; the vividness of here. This is the basic substance of life.
These are the individual elements that form the bigger entities like mass, future, world. We may neglect these elements, but we cannot dispense with them. They are the drops that make up the stream.
They are the essence of life itself. It may be our special function to emphasize again these neglected realities, not as a retreat from greater responsibilities but as a first real step toward a deeper understanding and solution of them.
When we start at the center of ourselves, we discover something worthwhile extending toward the periphery of the circle.
We find again some of the joy in the now, some of the peace in the here, some of the love in me and thee which go to make up the kingdom of heaven on earth.
The here, the now and the individual have always been the special concern of the saint, the artist, the poet and - the woman.
In the small circle of the home she has never quite forgotten the particular uniqueness of each member of the family, the spontaneity of now; the vividness of here. This is the basic substance of life.
These are the individual elements that form the bigger entities like mass, future, world. We may neglect these elements, but we cannot dispense with them. They are the drops that make up the stream.
They are the essence of life itself. It may be our special function to emphasize again these neglected realities, not as a retreat from greater responsibilities but as a first real step toward a deeper understanding and solution of them.
When we start at the center of ourselves, we discover something worthwhile extending toward the periphery of the circle.
We find again some of the joy in the now, some of the peace in the here, some of the love in me and thee which go to make up the kingdom of heaven on earth.