"The secret of being happy consists of knowing how to enjoy yourselfโenjoy being at table, in bed; enjoy standing up, sitting down; enjoy the nearest ray of sunshine, the slightest bit of landscape. In other words, love everything."
~ Gustave Flaubert
๐จ Henri Matisse
We read to survive the world as it is.
We read to imagine the world as it could be.
We read because language opens a house where the self returns to wholeness.
After 9/11, the U.S. called. Denmark answered. Thousands of Danish troops served in Helmandโon the front line. We lost more soldiers per capita than even the United States. That was solidarity. We stood with America thenโand we still do.
I witnessed our brave men & women during my 1,5 years in Afghanistan.
@D_NewtonSmith Kรฆre Diana Jeg hรฅber, du og din familie fรฅr en rigtig god jul og et godt nytรฅr. Sรฆrlig sender jeg varme tanker til Natalie, Garett og Magic. Jeg hรฅber alt stรฅr vel til. Knus fra Danmark.โ๏ธ๐โ๏ธ๐๐
"Do not interrupt the flight of your soul; do not distress what is best in you; do not enfeeble your spirit with half wishes and half thoughts. Ask yourself and keep on asking until you find the answer."
~ Sรธren Kierkegaard
Winter, near Saint-Simรฉon
๐จ Claude Monet (1867)
Thank you @TheLiveDrop and @valleymrk for this fun and fascinating interview with author Shawnna Morris about her new book on The Cambridge Five spy ring. Great conversation. Do have a listen ๐ง
#CambridgeFive#spy#ColdWar
https://t.co/lLEDufth1i
Sรธren Kierkegaard beseeching each and every one of us to just keep on walking.
"๐ผ๐๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก, ๐๐ค ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ก๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ : ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก-๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐ก๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ; ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ค๐ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐ฉ. Even if one were to walk for oneโs health and it were constantly one station ahead โ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก ๐จ๐๐ฎ: ๐๐๐ก๐ ! Besides, it is also apparent that in walking one constantly gets as close to well-being as possible, even if one does not quite reach it โ ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐ก๐ก, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐จ๐๐ง ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก. Health and salvation can only be found in motion. If anyone denies that motion exists, I do as Diogenes did, I walk. If anyone denies that health resides in motion, then I walk away from all morbid objections. ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ."
Wir sind alle Blรคtter an einem Baum, keins
dem andern รคhnlich, das eine symmetrisch,
das andere nicht, und doch alle gleich
wichtig dem Ganzen.
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing -