“We must picture Hell as a state where everyone is perpetually concerned about his own dignity and advancement, where everyone has a grievance, and where everyone lives the deadly serious passions of envy, self-importance, and resentment.”
– G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others;
for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for
poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”
(quotation via, CLICK for more of this lovely lady’s wisdom)
photo via anthropologie
Like the confused nymph in the photo above, I’m torn between two worlds. We’re all stuck there, really; it’s just a matter of whether we’re aware of it, and to which world we give our attention. Continue reading
The Bustle in a House
I hope we do use that love again; even the same love I had and have for Grandpa used for his children, grandchildren, and hoped-for great-grandchildren. I think that’s a piece of resurrection in the midst of death. Hope in the middle of darkness.
“If Job cries out that he is innocent in such despairing accents, it is because he himself is beginning not to believe in it; it is because his soul within him is taking the side of his friends. He implores God himself to bear witness, because he no longer hears the testimony of his own conscience; it is no longer anything but an abstract, lifeless memory for him.” – Simone Weil, “The Love of God and Affliction”
hope of things not seen 
