On Monotony
Because children have abounding vitality,
Because they are in spirit fierce and free,
Therefore they want things repeated and unchanged.
They always say, ‘Do it again’;
And the grown-up person does it again
until he is nearly dead.
For grown-up people are not strong enough
to exult in monotony.
But perhaps God is strong enough…
It is possible that God says every morning,
‘Do it again,’ to the sun;
and every evening,
‘Do it again,’ to the moon.
It may not me automatic necessity
that makes all daisies alike:
It may be that God makes every daisy separately,
but has never got tired of making them.
GK Chesterton, Orthodoxy (1908)
So here begins my blog– with a quote from my favourite book. I don’t have anything terribly earth-shattering to share. I am just interested in lots of different things and am keen to share the ways I try to be strong like God and exult in the monotony of every day life. When I work out how, there will be pics…Let’s see where the road leads, shall we?
