When we try to anchor ourselves to any point, it wavers and leaves us; and if we pursue it, it eludes our grasp and vanishes forever. Nothing stands still for us. This is our natural condition, yet it is completely contrary to our inclination.
When we try to anchor ourselves to any point, it wavers and leaves us; and if we pursue it, it eludes our grasp and vanishes forever. Nothing stands still for us. This is our natural condition, yet it is completely contrary to our inclination.
Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
Some people achieve their humility by prayer and fasting, some by great charitable works. My own method is to behave…
I stepped from plank to plank So slow and cautiously; The stars about my head I felt, About my feet…