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Post by glenn on Aug 10, 2007 15:11:21 GMT -6
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A hundred million of us are children who live on the streets. A hundred twenty million live in countries where we were not born. Twenty-three million of us are refugees. Sixteen million of us live in Cairo. Twelve million fish for a living from small boats. Seven and a half million of us are Uygurs. One million of us crew on freezer trawlers. Two thousand of us a day commit suicide.
Annie Dillard (from For the Time Being, 1999)
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I wonder how much these figures have changed in the last 8 years or so?
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Post by glenn on Aug 11, 2007 12:11:21 GMT -6
I am reading through some of Annie Dillard's books. She has a wonderful gift of expression and a thoughtful, inquiring mind.
Great reading!
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Post by glenn on Aug 11, 2007 12:11:54 GMT -6
It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.
~~Henry Louis Mencken
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Post by glenn on Aug 13, 2007 12:19:10 GMT -6
This is an old story.
Shekinah wanders this world, a weary outcast worn and bent with travel. In loneliness she is burdened with heavy sorrow. She walks and weeps and finds no comfort.
Yet in her gray eyes, bright with tears, hope still shines that one day her solitary exile will end. O happy day, when Bride and Groom are reunited!
Shekinah and Elohim, his being and her presence, lover and beloved, will one day be made one. Heaven and Earth will be restored and made whole, and all eyes will weep with joy at the redemption.
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Post by bichsa on Aug 13, 2007 14:09:49 GMT -6
Dear Glenn each one has a message and beautiful and tragis at once thanks for them and please add more.Much Peace and blessings to you up there in Canada. Peace!C
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Post by anirbas on Aug 13, 2007 22:29:36 GMT -6
Question: is Annie Dillard the same author that did American Quilt? That is, if I even have the correct title with the right author...Agree with Cheryl...Please add more, Glennic musings, etc...
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Post by glenn on Aug 14, 2007 10:29:59 GMT -6
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Post by glenn on Aug 20, 2007 13:00:54 GMT -6
"The worst thing about death must be the first night."
~~Juan Ramón Jiménez
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Post by anirbas on Aug 20, 2007 19:27:07 GMT -6
oh, my stars...reading that, set me to cackling and giggling...
absolutely roflm*o and then some...I adore the dark wit of your Senor Juan, Glenn!
soon as I quit laughing, I thought to myself...I know that's right...Like the green poem of his your shared with us, too...thanks! Sabrina.
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Post by glenn on Aug 21, 2007 9:58:36 GMT -6
Yes, I got quite a chuckle out of that, myself. Not sure what the context was, but by itself it is hilarious.  |
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