A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one’s life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted.-George Santayana
Image by Fr Antunes via Flickr
Who is this guy staring back at me? He’s not the one that I used to see. This guy looks……different. It’s as if there’s something right about him.
His eyes are not bloodshot. Just a bit sleepy looking, but wide open. Not little slits that used to peer back at me.
There is worry on his face, but it’s not the same worry. It’s more of a relaxed worry.
There is that look of pain, but after all, it is 6 A.M. 6A.M is always painful. Ahh, he’s moving his shoulders, must be back pain. Better than the scrunched eyebrows from what one would assume was a headache.
Is that a smile? I think it is, and it appears to be genuine. Well, more of grin or smirk than a smile. Hmm, he does seem a little more chipper. A little springy.
I think I like this guy.
Ahh, his hands. I bet they shake when he……hmm, no shaking when he wipes his mustache. Wait, he’s examining his hands more closely, let me look closer….nope. Not shaking at all.
He seems mumbling something now. Appears to be a chant or maybe just the same thing over and over. Let me see if I can read his lips…
Yep. I wrote it down. I really really like this guy. Here is what he is saying and it makes all the sense in the world…er..not in this world….
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
I think he’s alright. Ya think?
Because of HIM
SC
verse from Romans 12:2
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Hi Scott,
I’d say he’s going to be more than alright, he’s going to be great.
And…..if you look close, you’ll see that smile on his avatar. Yep! He’s going to be fine.
Keep smiling!
Blessings!
Barbara Swafford’s last blog post..Give Your Readers What They Want
@Barbara Swafford – I’m sure hoping so
. Thanks Barbara, so much.
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