Sunday, February 2, 2014

SABBATH SNAPSHOT: ap-TEA-tude

2/2/14 Aptitude is a defining word for gift. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
certainly showed her ap-TEA-tude for writing in Gift From the Sea. (1955) So much so, that after receiving the book as a gift from dear friend, college chum & Pi Phi sister, Maureen Kinney, I read it every January for over 30 years. After she died, not so much. Reading it nowadays is like a memorial to her and our friendship.

Though not necessarily spiritual, her words offer wisdom that I can view from a godly platform.
Here are some treasured words:
I want to be at peace with myself....I want....to live "in grace"....(p.23)
Art of being alone is a difficult lesson...but once done....incredibly precious. (p. 42)
to be the still axis within the revolving wheel of relationships, obligations, and activities. (p. 51)

World's false values: 
  • weighed in quantity, not quality; 
  • in speed, not stillness; 
  • in words, not in thoughts; 
  • in acquisitive, not beauty (p.119)
Gifts Pre-cepts or Signposts toward another way of living: 
  • Simplicity....to retain a true awareness of life; 
  • Balance of physical, intellectual and spiritual;  
  • Work without pressure; 
  • Space for significance and beauty; 
  • Time for solitude and sharing; ....a life of human relationships. (p.120)
128 pages of Morrow's ap-TEA-tude. 

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