"...and even the angels were put to the test."Farrah Fawsett 1945-2009
The Open Door(Photo: Frank Ockenfels III)
LOVE: IS IT ALL ABOUT ME? OR YOU?
A story:
A lover knocked at the door of his beloved.
"Who knocks?", said the beloved from within.
"It is I", said the lover.
"Go away, This house will not hold you and me."
The rejected lover went away into the desert. There
he meditated for months on end, pondering the words of
the beloved. Finally he returned and knocked at the door again.
"Who knocks?"
"It is you."
The door was immediately opened.
--Anthony De Mello, "The Song of the Bird"
Q. When and where did the word "humongous" first appear in print?
A. In 1973. In a student newspaper at the University of Denver.
Good morning, Bloggers!
Peace and love---------"it is you."
Steve E
"Who knocks?", said the beloved from within.
"It is I", said the lover.
"Go away, This house will not hold you and me."
The rejected lover went away into the desert. There
he meditated for months on end, pondering the words of
the beloved. Finally he returned and knocked at the door again.
"Who knocks?"
"It is you."
The door was immediately opened.
--Anthony De Mello, "The Song of the Bird"
AMENDED June 26 Friday
TRIVIA
Shadow (and me)...sounds like "Me And My Sha-dow...", an old song-and-dance.
Several considerations. you brought me to give this more thought.
1. When two people are really, truly in love, they become as one.
2. Absence of my nemesis--self, or--self-centeredness would entail that I focus, not ever on ME, but on others always (Mother Theresa?), in this case, on the "you" in the story.
3. I just like the way it sounds..."
Shadow, of all who I might have thought would ask for explanations you
were not even near the list...because you ply us almost daily with those woven intricacies, which have me continually thinking about "could it mean "this" or "that"???
Bless you. Im sure i understand it better now also -grin!
Several considerations. you brought me to give this more thought.
1. When two people are really, truly in love, they become as one.
2. Absence of my nemesis--self, or--self-centeredness would entail that I focus, not ever on ME, but on others always (Mother Theresa?), in this case, on the "you" in the story.
3. I just like the way it sounds..."
Shadow, of all who I might have thought would ask for explanations you
were not even near the list...because you ply us almost daily with those woven intricacies, which have me continually thinking about "could it mean "this" or "that"???
Bless you. Im sure i understand it better now also -grin!
TRIVIA
Q. When and where did the word "humongous" first appear in print?
A. In 1973. In a student newspaper at the University of Denver.
Good morning, Bloggers!
Peace and love---------"it is you."
Steve E
