"From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines, going where I list, my own master total and absolute, Listening to others, considering well what they say, Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating, Gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me."
Walt Whitman (1819-92)
"When I look back now over my life and call to mind what I might have had simply for taking and did not take, my heart is like to break."
Akhenaton (d. c.1354 BC)
And now, the current weather, from some random person we pulled off the street:
Monday, November 22, 2004
Prayers Sent Around the World
I just found out that fellow blogger Beks at A Three Fold Utopian Dream was injured pretty badly in an industrial accident and has spent the last two weeks or so in the hospital. She's home, but I imagine she has a lot of healing to do. I know she will covet your prayers for a speedy and complete recovery, and probably wouldn't mind a comment or email wishing her well.
I've always found that one of the pitfalls of knowing someone online is that when things happen to them in the "real world" it can be like they dropped off the face of the Earth. One day we'll figure out a way to overcome that, I expect.
Test Drive II Jon Courtney, 27, stopped by the St. Clair County (Ill.) Jail to turn himself in on a warrant. He thought he could pay his bail and get going right away, so he left his pickup truck sitting out front, idling. Instead, he was booked into jail. Courtney told jailers about the truck, but when deputies went out to secure it, it was gone. Courtney was cited for leaving an unattended vehicle, and James Thomas, 17, who was leaving the jail at the same time Courtney arrived, was pulled over later driving the truck, and was arrested. Thomas had stopped by the jail to see if he had any warrants on him, but he didn’t. (Belleville News-Democrat) ...Which apparently offended him. Available in This is True: Book Collection Vol. 11
