The Week's End

I have been so assailed by evil this week, not only by the state in which I find myself but in the reflections from the outer world. There seems to be no respite from terrible killings far away and even close to home.

Thank goodness for the goodness of so many, for without it, I feel we would all be bound for destruction.

Here is a notion from  medieval times, en exhortation .

"Be thy never without something to do; 
Be it reading or writing or praying
Or meditating or doing something that is useful to the community.
Exercises, however must be undertaken with discretion, nor are they to be used by all alike.
We need one kind in times of temptation
And others in times of peace and quietness.
Some are suitable to our times of sadness
And others when we are joyful.

Spend a moment of resolve in the morning 
And in the evening inquire how has sped the day in word and deed and thought." Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471)

Sometimes our days are so shallow 
But there again we cannot be always fishing in the deep.

JL June 9 12:52