The journey has continued... I know it has been a while since my last post. I have not only accepted a new job, but I am in the process of transitioning my life down to Virginia.
For my first post back, I thought the best way to break myself back into the swing of things would be with a book. The World That Was, is a small book about a boy. It doesn't explain how he grew up or who he became, it only gives us a few snapshots of his early life. It helps us see some of the things he cared about and how much his father cared for him. The family and ultimately, the culture valued industry and ingenuity. Idleness was looked down upon and this small boy did not want to be thought of as idle. He was in reality a very thoughtful boy. He said he could type trees by the taste of the end of the leaf. He would spend hours observing, reading and pursuing the life he thought he was made for. One of the passages that stuck out to me was, "There was so much to think about that it was hard to get started". In a time when driving still meant using a horse, I was struck by this sentence. The thinking he was talking about was meaningful contemplation. He wasn't filling his life with fiction or waste. I wonder what keeps us from getting started today. I find it difficult to imagine we are held back because of the worth wild opportunity we have been filling our life with.
It is good to be back... until next time. Perhaps I will have to read another book and find something else to talk about. Or perhaps I will share something about Virginia. It is hot.
