More on Patience...

"In this there is no measuring with time. A year doesn't matter; ten years are nothing. To be an artist means not to compute or count; it means to ripen as the tree, which does not force its sap, but stands unshaken in the storms of spring with no fear that summer might not follow. It will come regardless. But it comes only to those who live as though eternity stretched before them, carefree, silent and endless. I learn it daily, learn it with many pains, for which I am grateful: Patience is all!" - Rainer Maria Rilke

Aug 27, 2008 at 10:29 AM

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My Summer Reading

Unholy Orders: Mystery Stories with a Religious Twist – a collection of short stories

Lilac Moon: Dreaming of the Real West by Sharon Butala – although BC is mentioned in parts, the book would be better subtitled Dreaming of the Real Prairie

Hold It! – you’re exercising wrong by Edward J. Jackowski – as a result, I’ve started doing his “Ultimate Workout”!

The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith – another novel in the best-selling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series

Ecoholic: Your Guide to the Most Environmentally Friendly Information, Products and Services in Canada by Adria Vasil – replaces my 1989 Canadian Green Consumer Guide and my 1995 Safe Shoppers Bible, both of which are sorely out of date! 

Please feel free to add a comment about what you've been reading!

Aug 20, 2008 at 6:05 PM

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Interior Decorating

re-arranged his furniture--it looks great! but unfortunately when I jokingly suggested they come over to paint my office too, they politely declined.  Some of my friends have re-decorating and renovation plans too--like painting or re-doing their floors--but for now I'm focused on more personal renewal as I finally take some vacation time.  The last time I was away from the church, it was for the intensity of the Assembly and Summit and finishing up a major writing deadline for a book of sermons.  This time it's definitely R&R--I'll tell you about it when I get back, and in the meantime if anyone wants to paint my office while I'm gone, you can choose whatever colour you like as long as it goes with the carpet!

Aug 5, 2008 at 7:53 AM

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