What I love about good literature is the language it gives us, a shorthand for life and the people living it. We've all met a Toad, and I confess that I like my gadgets and can be a bit of a Toad myself, chasing the new and shiny that promises Beauty: an easier way to keep my house clean (Roomba) or manage our finances (Quickbooks). The latter has been quite the Toad-fiasco and I had zero Rats or Moles to help pick up the smashed bits, but our accountant is training me now. But the problem is always that the new and shiny need maintenance and fixing and I'd really rather throw them out and get something new! Oy. Thanks for helping me recognize my Toady-ness.
Oh Lord, teach me a rightly ordered pursuit of beauty, in balance with the other virtues.
What I love about good literature is the language it gives us, a shorthand for life and the people living it. We've all met a Toad, and I confess that I like my gadgets and can be a bit of a Toad myself, chasing the new and shiny that promises Beauty: an easier way to keep my house clean (Roomba) or manage our finances (Quickbooks). The latter has been quite the Toad-fiasco and I had zero Rats or Moles to help pick up the smashed bits, but our accountant is training me now. But the problem is always that the new and shiny need maintenance and fixing and I'd really rather throw them out and get something new! Oy. Thanks for helping me recognize my Toady-ness.
Oh Lord, teach me a rightly ordered pursuit of beauty, in balance with the other virtues.