Monday, 2 February 2009

Since the day of my birth

"Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying."
Jean Cocteau
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  1. Simon3 February 2009 at 09:37

    This is the first of the pre-scheduled posts featuring quotations that I hope will inspire me and spur me on. Trouble is, this one's a bit depressing.

    Oh well, there'll be another along in a few days.

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  2. Dave and Gill5 February 2009 at 13:50

    I know it sounds morbid, but the Desert Fathers and Mothers believed that Christians should spend time contemplating their death. Only by so doing, they said, can a person really know direction and meaning in the life they are now living.

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  3. Simon5 February 2009 at 14:10

    Thanks Dave. You, and they, are right of course. And what an interesting perspective as I contemplate a walk that leads me home. Our rather arrogant confidence that our destiny is what we make it is challenged when we begin to question the assumption that time flows from our known present towards an unknown future.

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