My sisters have been an inspiration to me in many ways. One sister gave me a beautiful book on my 50th birthday written by the poet philosopher, John O'Donahue, entitled "The Invisible Embrace Beauty: Rediscovering the True Sources of Compassion, Serentity and Hope". It is a book I will return to again and again. It helped to inspire the direction my thesis will take.
The "jewel in the fleeting moment", John O'Donohue writes, "the most profound events of our lives take place in those fleeting moments where something else shines through, something that can never be fixed in language, something given as quietly as the gift of your next breath."
Maybe this is why we feel the need to write or paint or photograph otherwise create, to fix those fleeting moments and capture the jewel. But though is never quite possible to do so, we try. And there seems to be something health-giving and restorative in that wresting.
Thanks for sending me this link, I look forward to following your blog. Keep writing and writing, it gets easier to update as you go. I am enjoying the diversity of these posts, you reveal personal insights and connect to your readings in a way that is thoroughly satisfying. You have inspired me to delve once more into my copy of O'Donohue's lovely book.
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