Enjoyment of the World as a Refusal to Despair.

DSC09703There are moments, and places, when time and place come together, and the world is transfigured. Yesterday had such a time, at such a place. Light and landscape, trees and wheat, mountain shadows beneath clouded skies, viewed through old gates now permanently open, under a canopy of leaves turning from summer to autumn.
 
At such moments of longing and the promise of fulfilment, our inner world is also transfigured – into hope, and the refusal of despair.
 
“Your enjoyment of the world is never right till every morning you awake in Heaven; see yourself in your Father's palace; and look upon the skies, the earth and the air as celestial joys; having such a reverend esteem of all…"     Thomas Traherne, Centuries of Meditations.

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3 responses to “Enjoyment of the World as a Refusal to Despair.”

  1. Jason Goroncy avatar

    ‘Ring the bells that still can ring
    Forget your perfect offering
    There is a crack, a crack in everything
    That’s how the light gets in
    We asked for signs
    The signs were sent’.
    – Mr Cohen

  2. Jason Goroncy avatar

    ‘Ring the bells that still can ring
    Forget your perfect offering
    There is a crack, a crack in everything
    That’s how the light gets in
    We asked for signs
    The signs were sent’.
    – Mr Cohen

  3. Jason Goroncy avatar

    ‘Ring the bells that still can ring
    Forget your perfect offering
    There is a crack, a crack in everything
    That’s how the light gets in
    We asked for signs
    The signs were sent’.
    – Mr Cohen

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