Hand Tying
Is it a blessing or a curse, to see the end before you begin?
posted by Michael | 7:35 PM
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It has been said...
"...the events that led me to comprehend that art can transform pain." Roman Polanksi
"Women have a thirst for order and beauty as for something physical; there is a strange female power of hating ugliness and waste as good men can only hate sin and bad men virtue." Chesterton
"The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man." Chesterton
"To the humble man, and to the humble man alone, the sun is really a sun; to the humble man, and to the humble man alone, the sea is really a sea." Chesteron
"Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass." Steinbeck
"Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket--safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable." Lewis
"We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be." Lewis
6 Comments:
yes and no what?
Whichever it was, I am very impressed. Four gold stars for your western civ column. I like the story.
hey, i knew that story too.
but, since i have yet to get the hat of genius from Hillsdale college, I probably wouldn't have thought to apply it to this particular situation.
[betsy's smarter than me. again.]
i was going to say that sometimes, even if the end is likely unsatisfactory, the opportunity for a lesson is worth it. easily said, but it's pretty hard to motivate yourself to actually do all that...
I'm quite pleased at how we have all shared so deeply regarding so nebulous a post. Perhaps random thoughts of a philosophical nature will become more prevelant here...
I'm quite pleased at how we have all shared so deeply regarding so nebulous a post. Perhaps random thoughts of a philosophical nature will become more prevelant here...
A curse... I would consider the common prophet a holder of temendous burden. Although I doubt many could call themselves such.
In this case I assume MG is speaking more in line with the relationship that is surely doomed even when the current enjoyment says otherwise.
Discernment between heart and intellect is a toughy... either way it's a risk??
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