another pearl from my 'light reading'

 " 'Why is it,' I asked, 'that some things now seem lovely and just that not so long ago were so forbidding?'

'My dear Queen, for the teller of the tale, gratitude, love, and hope remain, because no matter what the story, the teller lives.'

'Is that all?'

'No. It is also your duty to look with a loving eye upon all you have been given. This is what you have done, and you have done well.'" (Helprin, Mark. A City in Winter, 107-108)

I had a long-ish, somewhat introspective reflection on why this particular quote struck me as I read it earlier this evening, but when I tried to publish it, it didn't go through for some reason. I think Someone has just subtly told me that I was about to publish TMI about my life, things He wants me to hold in my heart for now. Thankfully, there is not enough time tonight to re-gather all those words and write them out again. Suffice it to say, this quote could easily be applied to my life, especially over the last few years.

I give thanks to You, Lord God of Heaven and Earth, for all that I have been given: Forgiveness, Love, and grace to live in their light.

Think about it...he's right, of course!

Today's quote is from Mark Helprin's version of Swan Lake (beautifully illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg). I was reading it for fun last night, and got hit over the head with this one...had to stop and read it a few more times...beautiful!

“This was long ago, and in many ways the time was so different that you would hardly know it, except in your heart—for your heart is quick and right to tell you that all things that matter are more or less the same as they have been and will be, and that however young you are, however happy you may be, somehow you know them, somehow you know sadness; somehow, you have been there.” (Helprin, Mark. Swan Lake. p.3) 

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto,

Sicut Erat in Principo, et Nunc, et Semper, et in Saecula Saeculorum.

Amen. Fiat.