It’s a windy, gray day today. My tea has cooled and I’m trying to decide whether or not I want to get up and put it in the microwave. There’s a loaf of sourdough bread baking in the oven. I have high hopes it will turn out better than the last one. The clock that my mother embroidered says that it’s 4:00. I grew up looking at that clock and probably never really appreciated the artistry of it.
That’s all for the musings o’ day. It’s time to share some thoughts and quotes from my commonplace book.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few,
and let those few be well tried before
you give them your confidence.
George Washington
Good advice from George. Perhaps he got burned once giving someone his confidence and was betrayed. Oh wait…
Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell
in such a way that they look forward to the trip.
Winston Churchill
Ha ha! I suppose a statesman needs to have that kind of tact at the ready. I’m not sure that WC was known for his tact, though, as much as for his razor sharp wit. I would not have wanted to be on the receiving end of it.
Don’t ever take a fence down
until you know why it was put up.
Robert Frost
There’s a lot more to that saying than meets the eye. Think about it the next time you find yourself thinking about removing a boundary that is inconveniencing you. Perhaps the removal of it will bring consequences that are worse than inconvenience.
Live slowly enough
to be able to think deeply
about God.
J.I. Packer
Live s-l-o-w-l-y and think DEEPLY about God. You’re going to need to be reading your Bible to get on with that.
And now you can also think deeply about this beautifully embroidered clock.
When the sourdough bread gets crusty, this post will get dusty. And deleted.
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