July 7, 2023
Quote for Today
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July 5, 2023
Quote for Today
"La distance n'y fait rien; it n'y a que le premier pas qui cotite."
"The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is difficult."
Mme Du Deffand
Marie de Vichy-Chamrond (1697-1780)
French literary hostess
Commenting on the legend that St. Denis
carryied his head in his hands
and walked two leagues.
Letter to Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, July 7, 1763.
in Gaston Maugras Trois mois ala cour de Frederic (1886)
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
July 4, 2023
INDEPENDENCE
We depend on others and
on
others’ beck and calls.
They
need us and we need
them
especially as babies.
This
happens again if we
end
up in a nursing home.
In
the meanwhile, we have
these
urges for freedom.
It’s
life. They are the basic tugs
of
becoming a human being.
It’s
life – the give and take of
acting
and reacting with others.
The
Beatles were right, “Help
I
need someone” everyday.
May
I learn all the skills I can for
for Dependence and Independence
and
learn what they mean by
the
gift of Interdependence.
© Reflections, Andy Costello
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