April 24th, 2008
Reserved 69
You can take a thousand steps, each the same way, but
step 1,001 results in an injury. How is it you can scientifically
quantify force, but not quantify how a person is damaged?
People don’t live in a controlled environment. A pebble, a tiny
twitch, an unconditioned impression, a life is forever changed.
“The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness. So the best way seems to be to scourge oneself with thin cords which hurt superficially, rather than to use some other means which might produce serious internal injury.”
Quotatation from Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises
April 24th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
true words.
April 25th, 2008 at 1:34 am
Its the small things in life that makes the huge changes.
(for example sugar, salt, sand corns, tears)
(( hug ))
April 25th, 2008 at 2:25 am
it took me awhile to understand the passage and i really like this quote. every little thing counts…
April 25th, 2008 at 5:41 am
So true- there is no such thing as an absolutely controlled environment- and thank God for that.
Hugs from Laos,
B xxx
April 25th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
So I guess we should all just keeping falling, keep moving… falling in love, moving forward, never stopping, because as soon as we stop, that’s when we no longer live.
April 25th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Yep, it’s amazing that we make it out of childhood still in one piece (most of us in most ways).
April 26th, 2008 at 4:36 am
well said Gary, I recognize my luck every time I think about my childood and teen times.
April 26th, 2008 at 10:02 am
So as humans are we incredibly resistance, avoiding and/or surviving all these life-changing small things, or are we just incredibly lucky. I wonder. I wonder when the luck runs out, what happens to us all.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Hehe, quite true. Much like guns don’t kill people, bullets do :). Anyway, love the images. Little sayings like these are pretty fun.
April 26th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
I wish there could be an absolutely controlled environment for my kids!