It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end ( Read more... )

O Thou, Far off and here, whole and broken,
Who in necessity and in bounty wait,
Whose truth is light and dark, mute though spoken,
By Thy wide grace show me Thy narrow gate.

- To The Holy Spirit, Wendell Berry (sang this when I was younger)

Other quotes:
I do not understand how anyone can live ( Read more... )

"A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to each other. ...Something of the awfulness, even of Death itself, is referable to this. ...In any of the burial places of this city through which I pass, is there a sleeper more inscrutable than its busy inhabitants are, in their ( Read more... )

Revolutionary JusticeClose your eyes, watch for an accelerated vibration of the ( Read more... )

This is me:

"I prowled through the bracken looking for [mushrooms]. They were ancient, wild things. No two were ever alike, and they had no roots to tie them to one place; like curiosity, they wandered everywhere. So did I, that brief, rich season between summer heat and autumn rain, when the light took its shades of gold from the dying leaves. ( Read more... )

So my birthday has pretty much drawn to a close. I wish I could personally thank everyone who sent me B-day greetings, but my wall was so covered with them that I don't think I'll remember everyone's names to try to thank them. To those that read my LJ: Thanks so much! I really felt the love from all my friends... from all over! %_% It was a ( Read more... )

"There's only a mad logic here, no resolving. Your brother said something, he said, 'You've got to have a sense of humor about all this - otherwise it makes no sense.' You must be in hell if you can seriously say things like that. We've become Medieval."
- Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost
(a quote that came out of my Anthro enthrographic reading) ( Read more... )

"Life is the greatest gift. . .
Do not dare cast it away
for no better reason than an excess of sorrow."
- Elizabeth Kerner, Redeeming the Lost

Had a great B-day yesterday. Spent the majority of my evening at Shorty's house with my friends. I got to see Brenton, Jeffykins, Jessie W, and then of course Jeff H, Cali, Emmie, Alli, James and Shorty. Some people had to leave earlier then others, and Jessie W. didn't come until much later, but those of us that were around by 9pm sat talking ( Read more... )

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard ( Read more... )