Here's a little post from my dad. He was feeling the passing of time this morning. I'm not sure I understand much about time. I just like rolling around on the floor.
[Dad: Time is slipping through my fingers like sand. Christmas is past. Another year approaches. Then another spring. Another summer. Fall will fall, giving way to winter's deep freeze. And on and on and on. Five, ten, twenty....to the final dance.
I still don't seem to get that "things" don't bring happiness. They inevitably disappoint or grow dull. Their glitter is fleeting.
Soon, very soon, my new knife sharpener will be just another kitchen item. Ho hum. Even my new knives and the sharp RAZR phone will be old hat. Dull, efficient, but boring.
And on and on and on. We run on the treadmill, pursuing newer and shinier things. We need our material fix, like some commercial junkie high on toys and gadgets. Always chasing what can only be found inside.]
"In repentance and rest is your salvation,
in quietness and trust is your strength."
[Dad: Time is slipping through my fingers like sand. Christmas is past. Another year approaches. Then another spring. Another summer. Fall will fall, giving way to winter's deep freeze. And on and on and on. Five, ten, twenty....to the final dance.
I still don't seem to get that "things" don't bring happiness. They inevitably disappoint or grow dull. Their glitter is fleeting.
Soon, very soon, my new knife sharpener will be just another kitchen item. Ho hum. Even my new knives and the sharp RAZR phone will be old hat. Dull, efficient, but boring.
And on and on and on. We run on the treadmill, pursuing newer and shinier things. We need our material fix, like some commercial junkie high on toys and gadgets. Always chasing what can only be found inside.]
"In repentance and rest is your salvation,
in quietness and trust is your strength."
Isaiah 30:15
1 comment:
Hey Arnold this is your cousin Fred. It was great to read your Christmas letter. It is so true that things do not make us happy for long. Sometimes we use people like things to try and make ourselves happy. That doesn't work long either. Take care.
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