Poetry, favorite quotations, and journal entries. My inspiration is this quotation by Loren Eiseley:
"Everything in the mind is in rat's country... Nothing is lost, but it can never be again as it was. You will only find the bits and cry out because they were yourself...
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Rat's Country: "I feel like a weak patient..."
I feel like a weak patient who is being carefully walked down a hospital corridor by a sturdy, competent nurse. the weak patient part of me is surprised that I require so much trained attention.
August 13 is Feast Day of Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) (Anglican calendar of saints-"Prayer is the peace of our spirit, the stillness of our thoughts, the evenness of recollection, the seat of meditation, the rest of our cares and the calm of our tempest; prayer is the issue of a quiet mind, of untroubled thoughts, it is the daughter of charity, and the sister of meekness." Virginia
August 13 is Feast Day of Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) (Anglican calendar of saints-"Prayer is the peace of our spirit, the stillness of our thoughts, the evenness of recollection, the seat of meditation, the rest of our cares and the calm of our tempest; prayer is the issue of a quiet mind, of untroubled thoughts, it is the daughter of charity, and the sister of meekness." Virginia
ReplyDeleteHope I can figure out how to post as something other than Anonymous. Good Day! Virginia
ReplyDeleteThank you for the beautiful Jeremy Taylor quote.
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