Actual happiness looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn’t nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.
- Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
Education
"Must we always teach our children with books? Let them look at the stars and the mountains above. Let them look at the waters and the trees and flowers on Earth. Then they will begin to think, and to think is the beginning of a real education." -David Polis
"Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it... but by sitting still, and the more one sits still, the closer one becomes to feeling ill... Thus if one just keeps walking, everything will be all right." -Soren Kierckgaard
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
- Albert Camus
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
Annie Dillard
Levi's first day of downhill skiing, absolutely no instruction was necessary (or accepted).
Comments
Tiny, how did you have the whole mountain to yourself?!! Great ski run, you are a natural. I went skiing last weekend too! I got my christmas package, thank you. Will call this weekend.
Levi, we loved watching you tear up the slopes!!!! You look great. Every time he watches the clip Oscar says, "Levi, I'm catching up to you!" - which is funny considering he's never been skiing. He must be imagining it. We're crossing our fingers that we'll get to see you and Silas and your parents and meet Arlo for the first time this spring. It would be fun.
Tiny, how did you have the whole mountain to yourself?!! Great ski run, you are a natural. I went skiing last weekend too! I got my christmas package, thank you. Will call this weekend.
Posted by: Aunt Suz | February 04, 2012 at 02:13 PM
Levi, we loved watching you tear up the slopes!!!! You look great. Every time he watches the clip Oscar says, "Levi, I'm catching up to you!" - which is funny considering he's never been skiing. He must be imagining it. We're crossing our fingers that we'll get to see you and Silas and your parents and meet Arlo for the first time this spring. It would be fun.
Posted by: Martine | February 18, 2012 at 12:21 AM