Love it. I have resisted for a bit but have finally opened Simone Weil - Gravity and Grace. Not a book to read cover to cover but one to open at any page and reflect on a ‘truth’. It’s different!
Some favorite lines from today's essay. So much fun, dear Susie. Thank you!
"maybe there’s no such thing as Time, although the capitalization does confer gravitas."
"Just in case I harbored any illusions about Truth, the book itself proved to be an exemplar of Impermanence, crumbling in my lap the minute I picked it up."
Time is on nobody’s side. But 24 new hours – I’ll take it.
This might be the essential experience of aging.
Time...Do We really know What time it is? Three Dog Night? Do we really care? I enjoy your writing Susie. You have a great future. (joke)
You have a wicked sense of humor, Jim. Thanks for sending some of it my way.
Love it. I have resisted for a bit but have finally opened Simone Weil - Gravity and Grace. Not a book to read cover to cover but one to open at any page and reflect on a ‘truth’. It’s different!
What a great and unexpected recommendation. I have also resisted but maybe now.
We may need to chat about it.
Thankyou for the laugh & beautiful metaphors!
The humor element is native to me. Sometimes I think I should be more serious about serious matters but this is what comes out. Glad you enjoyed it.
I hope you stop "shoulding" on yoursself.
The tyranny of busy time: the fear of empty time and the capacity to wait and see. Hard to do but possible, yes?
I know it's possible because I have (some) days when that comes to me like a pie out of the oven.
What version of "modeh ani" , the prayer of gratitude , do you recite?
I sing "modeh ani l'fanecha ruach chai v'kayam." Ruach instead of melech.
Love this! I’m 80 too and that’s the way my mind works!
I'm so grateful for this. I'm reminded of Rumi's guesthouse. You never know what's going to come knocking.
Some favorite lines from today's essay. So much fun, dear Susie. Thank you!
"maybe there’s no such thing as Time, although the capitalization does confer gravitas."
"Just in case I harbored any illusions about Truth, the book itself proved to be an exemplar of Impermanence, crumbling in my lap the minute I picked it up."
I love, love it when ideas manifest like the crumbling pages.
Strange to read along as your mind flows to feel my feet becoming more firmly placed on the living ground
Gratifying to hear that