“Bear in mind then, that Brag is a good dog, but Holdfast is a better.” ― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations “I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.” ― Bruce Lee The two words set my nerve on edge: Below Expectations….
Author: lindablyle
Stand Your Ground
“You cannot pass,” he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. “I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of…
Stay the Course
“‘Go back?’ he thought. ‘No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!’ So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.” The Hobbit by…
Disturbances
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio In the original Star Wars movie, Obi Wan tells Luke, “There’s been a disturbance in the force.” This is an understatement if there ever was one considering that an entire planet was just blown to…
Changes in Vision
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. (Attributed to a variety of sources including Albert Einstein) On March 25, 2021, I went to get in my car and noticed my irises had bloomed overnight. It’s always the first flower to bloom in that flowerbed,…
A Word Fitly Spoken
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. Proverbs 25:11 For the last couple of weeks I have been debating about what to do about transportation. My car hit 300,000 miles, so I was faced with the dilemma of keep it going or get another car. I found a couple…
Believe It!
“Alice laughed. ‘There’s no use trying,’ she said: ‘one can’t believe impossible things.’ ‘I daresay you haven’t had much practice,’ said the Queen. ‘When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.‘” From Through the Looking Glass by Lewis…
The Next Level
In the movie Groundhog Day, the main character keeps reliving the same day over and over again. He tries everything to break the cycle, but until he learns what he was meant to learn he is stuck repeating the same things over and over again. While we may not actually repeat the same exact day…
Gifts
“I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands.” Louisa May Alcott, Little Women Ever noticed a little thrill when you get a package in the mail or by a delivery service? Do you feel a sudden urge to grab a box cutter, scissors, or in a pinch just use…
Drink Deep
A little learning is a dang’rous thing;Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,And drinking largely sobers us again. Alexander Pope An Essay on Criticism In the yarn shop where I work, we have two peace lilies. Since we are closed two days straight, sometimes the plants don’t get watered,…