Well, the first round of exams is coming to an end, only 2 small quizzes tomorrow, then I am in the clear until next Thursday. I feel I did well, you never can tell with these things. I'm sure I pulled all B's, and maybe an A on my Statistics test. Thought I'd type you a few little dittys in celebration.
What's new as of recent:
-I bought 2 new plants, an African Violet and a plant they didn't even bother to name, he came with a little sign that said, "Foliage". Completely unacceptable in my book. It would be like having a child and naming him "Human", so I let Tyler name him, he chose "Raliegh's African Hibiscus"
-I also bought a new white blouse to wear to Bob Dylan.
-I think I'm a Lutheran now. And I think I'm ok with that.
I want to run the Las Vegas Marathon this December (I might have already mentioned that, but who's keepin' track?)
-Cash Cab on the Discovery chanel....LOVE IT.
When I've had any time to think of anything other than school, my head swirls with the idea of freedom through discipline. I am most reminded of this freedom when I am in ballet and when I am thinking of how we are called to practice our faith. A fluidity caused by discipline. The most appealing people, to me, are those who have "honed their craft' so to speak. Examples: A marathon runner, Monks (good monks, like Father Zosima), Doctors, well trained ballerinas, musicians or artists that have studied every chord and every stroke, writers whose' "life's work" results in a 1000 page novel. PEOPLE WHO MIND TO THE DETAILS! I want to cultivate this obedience and discipline in myself, probably more than anything else. I see it as being the one thing that would effect every area of my life in such a positive way. I crave it in myself, and in others as well. Here is a quote from C.S. Lewis that I stumbled on a few years ago (I think I typed it out at one point, but then erased all my entries)
"Discipline while the world is yet unfallen, exists for the sake of what seems its very opposite- for freedom, almost for extravagance. The pattern deep hidden in the dance, hidden so deep that shallow spectators cannot see it, alone gives beauty to the wild, free gestures that fill it, just as the decasyllabic norm gives beauty to all the licenses and variations of the poets verse. The happy soul is, like a planet, a wandering star; yet in that very wandering (as astronomy teaches) invariable; she is eccentric beyond all predicting, yet equable in her eccentricity."
Possibly my favorite quote of all time, definitely makes the top 5.
2 comments:
wow rose. that was amazing to read. i loved it. it was like a fresh drink of water! good quote. if i was in the mood i would try to think of something whitty or intelligent to show how much i understand. something kind of like what i am writing right now. but, basically, thanks.
why is everyone turning lutheran? don't you listen to prairie home companion?
good read, r.
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