Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Quantity, Quality and Being Me

 Some folks feel obliged to post to their blogs daily.  I respect the dedication and effort those folks expend. I find that I don't have nearly as much to say that is worth saying out loud, much less putting into print, as others.  That is okay with me - and if you saw how much gets considered and not entered I believe you'd also be thankful.

My wife was reading a book by Urban Holmes the other night and he observed that one of the great Christian mystics of the twentieth century was the United Nations chief Dag Hammersjkold whose posthumous work, Markings, contains well crafted apothegems.  The observation reminded me of the value of small words offered at the right time to the right audience bringing light to more folks than large impressively argued tomes oft referenced but seldom read.   Let me be among the former and not the latter....

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