Ecclesiastes 3
I've been looking through my 7th standard diary!!! LOL!!! And it amazed me to find that my dreams are half-way coming true. I wanted to be a social worker!!!! I didn't even remember my old passion till I came across that book....
I think when we are young, we divine the truth much more easily...we trust our intuition....the ugly face of reason has not yet raised it's head....we have foresight because our eyes are clear. We see the future much more clearly, much more deeply. And then we forget those lessons...and then, we learn them again.
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal.... a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance...a time to embrace and a time to refrain, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to love and a time to hate...
I have seen the burden God has laid on men.He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end."
Isn't it funny how silly we are. Puny, silly creatures and we think we know it all. Call God names. And think we are being smart...bet He's laughing at us...at our puny attempts to comprehend him with our puny "understanding."
What children we are...to think that just cos we don't "get Him", He isn't there. We most defy what we know deep down....or rather, what we fear deep down, could be right. Especially cos the truth could be hard. As truth always is.
This is a peace of sorts. There is a time for everything. And until then, all we an do is live. As best as we know how. As best as we KNOW how. And the KNOWING is wordless. It's deep down inside.
I think when we are young, we divine the truth much more easily...we trust our intuition....the ugly face of reason has not yet raised it's head....we have foresight because our eyes are clear. We see the future much more clearly, much more deeply. And then we forget those lessons...and then, we learn them again.
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal.... a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance...a time to embrace and a time to refrain, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to love and a time to hate...
I have seen the burden God has laid on men.He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end."
Isn't it funny how silly we are. Puny, silly creatures and we think we know it all. Call God names. And think we are being smart...bet He's laughing at us...at our puny attempts to comprehend him with our puny "understanding."
What children we are...to think that just cos we don't "get Him", He isn't there. We most defy what we know deep down....or rather, what we fear deep down, could be right. Especially cos the truth could be hard. As truth always is.
This is a peace of sorts. There is a time for everything. And until then, all we an do is live. As best as we know how. As best as we KNOW how. And the KNOWING is wordless. It's deep down inside.
posted by Rapunzel at 10:48 am
15 Comments:
Peace comes to you in many ways. Good to hear that you seem to be finding yours.
Hope through that I can find mine.
There's a time for everyone if they only learn
That the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn
There's a rhyme and reason to the wild outdoors
When the heart of this star-crossed voyager beats in time with yours.
-- Can you feel the love tonight, Elton John, OST The Lion King.
reading this book calld "if u really wanna make God laugh, tell him ur biz plans"
hilarious and insightful. makes us think.and realise.
Peace sweetz
very true! we look for peace outside of oneself ..when its within us
Social worker... I dunno! Wanted to be a pilot and then a engine-driver... Not quite getting there :(
"And the KNOWING is wordless. It's deep down inside." - reminds me of a Zen tale about how The Truth becomes trivial and useless if someone reveals it to you instead of you finding it the hard way :)
i think inside everyone deep down.. there is a constant search.. and people do not want to give up and say" i admit defeat".. to actually give oneself up in faith.. and surrender all..
so we try to explain things.. yet again.. within the confines of our own puny understanding.. like a hamster.. running around within the confines of its little box..bouncing off the walls..again and again...
p.s. thanks for letting me clear my head yesterday
VIGGY-finding yes.....please note the tense there!
FIRST RAIN- love that one...and very apt!
ELIXIR-peace elixir :)
CYNIC-50-50??
ATTICUS-!!!!yaaay!!!!!are u saying my rambling is akin to zen??:-O always knew i was a very wise child!
*hugs* *muah*
always luvd that song... heard it first in 'forrest gump'... by the byrds..
hope to get the knowhow soon :)
MANUSCRYPTS-yes!!!it brings a lump in the throat every time, dont it??
MANUSCRYPTS-and i forget just HOW MANY times i have seen that movie!!!awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww................ i lous it.so so poignant...there...now u've made me feel all lumpy throated and misty-eyed again:-|
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