Quote of the Day

"You are phonier than a History Channel special on the Life of Jesus."

From Frank, to the CEO of MetLife

Apropos of nothing

The lack of emotional security of our American young people is due, I believe, to their isolation from the larger family unit. No two people - no mere father and mother - as I have often said, are enough to provide emotional security for a child. He needs to feel himself one in a world of kinfolk, persons of variety in age and temperament, and yet allied to himself by an indissoluble bond which he cannot break if he could, for nature has welded him into it before he was born. ~Pearl S. Buck

Traveling

Here's a quote I heard this morning that I thought you might find enjoyable.

The Boston Celtics are playing an exhibition game in Rome and have been, in their well-deserved breaks from playing a kids game for millions of dollars, touring the sites. Upon visitng the Vatican and Sistine Chapel, Rookie Glen Davis had this to say on his Boston Herald blog:

"Michelangelo is a, first of all, talented man. But he’s also crazy, because there’s no way I would take six years painting a ceiling that’s at least 30 or 40 feet high in the air. But I guess you do what you’ve got to do, and I just want to commend Michelangelo."

Quote of the Day ( an idea)

Commenting on Clare's post about Guardian Angels,

Martha said...
"This is all so mind blowing.I wish that I wasn't at work. I wish that I could just sit and really think."

Which has given me an idea:

Many, many years ago, Dad was reading at the kitchen table as I was having my first cup of coffee. "Here's a good quote", he said to me, and then asked what did I think of it...what did I think it meant? That was the beginning of what become our morning ritual, and sometimes the topic of many discussions throughout the day. I loved starting the day with "the quote of the day", as we came to call it. These quotes were taken from the many and varied theological books Dad read at a runner's pace. Think Bernanos, Von Balthasar, Ratzinger, and on and on; Dad's Gang, his "pandilla".

Martha's comment got me thinking.

It's true, how often would we like to be able to just sit and think. It's also true that we have many opportunities to do this - we just don't recognize those opportunities or simply don't take advantage of them.

And then I saw this, in today's paper, from Garrison Keillor:

"And now I refuse the iPod because it is an audio bubble that shuts you off from the world, which is where good ideas come from."

Ok. Not really up to Dad's "quote of the day", but it's timely, and there's a lot there if you ponder it more than a few minutes.

So here's my idea:

That as we come upon a quote we like, we Post it. It doesn't have to be serious, but I think it should cause serious thinking. We can dialogue through "comments" or simply state our comments....much as we do now.

And just as she "walked, walked, walked" and was there, Martha - and all of us - can take time from our day and contemplate the "Quote of the Day" post.

What do you think?