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TODAY IS TUESDAY

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Today is Tuesday. It is the end of my work week. It is the day I prepare for my personal sabbath. So I will prepare by writing down some things (quotes) I am going to think about during my sabbath rest. I will also write and schedule my blog for tomorrow so that I can pull back fully from the world.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.-James M. Barrie

NOTHING IS FREEDOM?

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I am working my way through this book of quotes I got from our local library’s used book sale. The book is entitled THE WISDOM OF ALPACAS.

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The theme of the book is individuality as expressed by celebrated thinkers across time. I’m not sure I celebrate this thought from AYN RAND.

“FREEDOM:TO ASK NOTHING. TO EXPECT NOTHING. TO DEPEND ON NOTHING.”

Is freedom really nothing? Is freedom even achievable? If this is freedom do I want it?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

A Sword Swung With Love

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This came to mind as I listened to our church’e discussion/sermon from yesterday.

Creativity must become more than a shield we hide behind when things get tough, more than an escape or a place to hide. Creativity must become a sword by which we slay all the hatreds, petty and awesome, in our hearts first and then the world. Our creativity, then, must be a sword swung with love.-J. Lillie