Today at Shepherd of the Hill we watched a segment of Bill Moyer’s interview with Joseph Campbell. What ensued was a discussion of three forms of love: agape, eros, and filial. What a description of erotic love — and how accurate in my memory – as I got it, an explosion of joy and pain that demands connection with the loved one. What a great feeling that was back then.
Right now, though, I’m focused on agape love with longing in my heart — my whole body, actually — for us finally to get the blessing it would bring. As someone’s entry on Facebook today pointed out, violence leads to violence. Agape love leads to agape love. Which would you choose?
p.s. the header photo is about as peaceful as it gets, don’t you think? From my son Doug’s collection, it’s sunrise at Otter Cliff, Maine.
I called my sister in Louisville. It’s been a terrifying time, but she’s safe. The terrible weather has surrounded her, but her area has been blessed with relative calm. I’m happy for her.
But when will we catch on that weather is more than a comfort footnote at the end of the local news report? People died in this current horror. People die in droughts. People die in floods. People’s homelands disappear. Let’s pay attention.
This certainly works a lot better than the old blog where I got basically no comments. Now there are 9 registered. They’ve provided me with a few things I’ll try to do something about when I get smarter.
(1) Someone requested that I put my photo on here as it is on my web site, http://www.forgivenessoptions.com; I’ll do my best to figure out how to accomplish that.
(2) A couple of people had trouble reading the white on blue, while others liked it. I’m going to see if I can enlarge the font which might make it easier to read while still retaining the white on blue.
(3) Someone wanted to know why I had a photo of a Tuscany scene at the top. Truth? It’s one I had taken in Italy a couple of years ago. I loved that area — much more than Rome. It’s attractive, fits in the space, and is light on top so the words show. I hope to modify that often, just to keep life interesting.
As for interrupted sleep. I have regularly complained about the damage Ben Franklin did with his “Early to bed; early to rise” thing. With a biological clock that doesn’t fit that pattern – unless its early to bed in the morning and early to rise at noon, I’ve spent my life fending of those “moral” folk who fit his pattern.
And then there’s the waking in the middle of the night, working through a project in my head, often leaving myself too tired actually to do it in the morning. Last night it was trying to work out a scene in my short story while, at the same time, trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up – several options to consider.
But I am cheered by a couple of links my daughter sent me. It turns out that 8 straight hours of sleep a night may not have always been the norm. That article is followed by one describing how some people spend the in-between time.
I’m including the links here, but I don’t know how to do it so you can just click on them I think it’s going to require copying and pasting on the URL line. But they are worth it if your biological clock, or that of a loved one, wouldn’t suit Ben F.
Myth of 8 hours sleep http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/magazine-16964783?SThisEM
Ten strange things people do at night http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/magazine-17193783?SThisEM
I hope they work for you
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