Thought For The Day

[kerravonsen]

The difference between staggering and stopping is that staggering will get you somewhere eventually.

Comments

[kaffy_r]

I really like this, probably because my life sometimes appears to be a rather unbalanced gavotte.

[kerravonsen]

8-)

Your post made me think of this quote

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

"Prayer, he suspected as he hoisted himself up and turned for the door, was putting one foot in front of the other. Moving all the same."
--Lois McMaster Bujold

Re: Your post made me think of this quote

[kerravonsen]

I'm afraid that quote confuses me. I don't think of prayer that way. Faith, perhaps, but faith isn't prayer.

Re: Your post made me think of this quote

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

I think they're much more closely related than most Christians assume. Prayer, after all, doesn't have to be worded to be prayer. And faith--walking all the same--is trust, which I think can be linked to or even a form of prayer. (Like saying to someone, "I trust you," putting one foot in front of the other in faith is saying to God, "I trust you.")

Re: Your post made me think of this quote

[kerravonsen]

I'm not saying that faith and prayer aren't related... but I prefer precision, even in my metaphors. And that putting-one-step-in-front-of-the-other feels closer to "faith" to me than it is to "prayer". So calling it "prayer" has me saying to myself "no, that's not right, it doesn't make sense".

Still, the point is "put one foot in front of the other". Which is True.

Re: Your post made me think of this quote

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

I also like precision in my metaphors, which I think is why I like this one... because to me, it is precise in the way in which it shows me a different aspect of the concept it's talking about, one which rings true to my personal experience but which I'd never heard anyone else describe quite this way. (It won't ring true to everyone's, of course.)

Which may also be why this is my favorite of the Chalion books. :)