November 25, 2022
Friday Thought for Today
"How would man exist if God did not need him, and how would you exist? You need God in order to be. and God needs you - for that is the meaning of your life."
Martin Buber
I and Thou [1923]
Friday, November 18, 2022
November 24, 2022
Reflection
"Omit needless words.
Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words; a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all sentences short or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell."
William Strunk, Jr.
The Elements of Style [19180,
chapter 2, sec. 13.
November 23, 2022
Reflection
RAIN
Rain ....
Praised and prayed for ... cursed and rain from ... rain.
The United States landed a "lander" on Mars - about two or three weeks ago.
Today is June 6, 2008.
The hope - one hope - is to see if there is ice on Mars - because if there is ice - there's water - and if there is water - there is a possibility of starting a colony there.
Rain ....
What would happen if there was a planet out there filled with water - an if water - it rains there.
Rain ....
It rained here the other day - and heavy - and more rain is expected during the next few days.
Trees were knocked down in Virginia and Maryland. Electrical power lines fell - and our Eucharistic Chapel was flooded a bit.
Rain ....
I like rain.
I like it better than snow.
Snow is tough on driving.
Both flow down into the aqua filters - where vast deposits of water - sit under carpet earth.
I like soft rain - especially soft, spring rain.
I like the clean feeling it gives to earth, bushes, and trees.
It cleans sidewalks.
I like the sound it makes on the roof and air conditioning units.
I like to see it splashing into windows.
Rain....
Now Noah, tell us your thoughts about rain?
November 23, 2022
Wednesday - Thought for Today
"The mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that 'w-a-t-e-r' meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over my hand. That living word awakened my soul, gave it light, joy, set it free."
Helen Keller [1880-1968]
The Story of My Life [1902], chap. 3
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