Can we truly be satisfied with a goal that costs us nothing in return?
To create something of value, you have to contribute a big chunk of resources you value–even some you don’t yet control. I’m meditating on this at the moment with postcards like this one that I’ve sellotaped to to the ceiling above my bed.
It is satisfied to have
the last word
as I tumble into ravines
of rest.
When I awake it is there, beginning
to branch out from a hidden vine,
stretching into the deep
fetching me
up.
swishism entry
goethe, hunger, risk, sacrifice
“More than sitting on O’s and splitting ‘em with commas,
I’m trying to build shoulders.where.infants.stand, honoured.”
-[verb]swish
Just a thought I’ve been having that seemed to also find expression in this shot (left). Fair enough, the kid is not exactly standing, but that doesn’t detract from what I love about it: You get the sense that 1) the kid weighs something
2) that his Dad, head bowed and more in shadow, sets up his son to bask in the light triumphantly. Get a look at his face, he really is on top of the world! Great capture. Perhaps it really captures what being a dad is all about?
I don’t have kids yet, but when I do- I hope God’ll give me the grace to give them this. My birthday, yesterday, gave me pause to think about how much my own Dad has done this for me, not least in writing. Thanks Pops.
Picture by Randy Son of Robert
Currently listening to Lupe’s “He Say She Say“
swishism entry
inheritance, legacy, love, mentor-mentee, posterity, sacrifice, stand, triumph
