Updike once wrote that there are days when the most spiritual thing you can do is place the empty milk bottle out on the steps. Yeah, not many of us do the milk bottle delivery thing these days, but his point was that sometimes a single act of defiance against inertia, even something as seemingly mundane as switching out an empty milk bottle, is a truly beautiful thing for it indicates a movement, albeit slight, in the direction of Life and Grace. Maybe you switched out the milk bottle today and that was all you could muster. You may doubt the value in that act, but John Updike believed it means something, and so does John Blase...so thats two of us at least, one of either side of you, saying attagirl...or attaboy. Hang in there. Dont give up. Sleep well, sleep warm, my friends.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 03:11:56 +0000
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