exploring how we would live if we truly believed life was meaningful
“There are degrees in idealism. We learn first to play with it academically, as the magnet was once a toy. Then we see in the heyday of youth and poetry that it may be true, that it is true in gleams and fragments. Then, its countenance waxes stern and grand, and we see that it must be true.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
I found this quote well described my own experience– consistently reworking my idealism, being surprised by it, sometimes even losing it only to discover it all the more fully. I know we will never find all the answers, but how thrilling it is to find ourselves getting a little closer to the source and summit of things, a little closer, as we work our way through the “degrees.”
A short novella in which Lucifer talks about his dad.
Elizabeth, I have read and then reread this piece. It resonates so much and makes me wonder if I should have “slowed down” more while raising my daughters, whether suffering or not. While so sorry for your first trimester misery, I applaud your determination to find joy in the small things that ultimately are the big things in life. And, congratulations on being an expectant mother again!
You are so kind! I’m glad that the article resonated with you. I so often need the reminder to slow down, especially when I’m feeling my best!