Wes Roberts

344...what's up #66

In every beginning there is darkness.
The darkness of chaos seems eternal,
Yet form emerges:  light dawns and light is born.

--The Sixth Service of the New Union Prayerbook

346...third thought--we'll get to "ho, boy!" yet:

Some new friends I've made this year have often signed off their communication to me...

Best

...or...

Best regards

...or...

Best to you

...which has had me asking, what, exactly does "best" mean?

349...what's up #65:

“His love has taken over our lives:”*

      --Psalm 117—The Message

351...what's up #64:

These are important statements to ponder on the way to "ho, boy!!"...AND..."hey there!!!":

354...second thought on the journey to "ho, boy!!":

Metaphors are strange animals.

Some times they leave me with more questions than answers.  Some times I get the point right away.  Some times they lead me nowhere and dribble off into a strange "nothingness."  Some times the metaphors I think are excellent one day make no sense at all the next  (which some times leaves my wife laughing with love at how I can mix things up).  :)

Some times a good metaphor can cause me to pause and ponder long and deep the current moment.  This is what began to happen a couple of Mondays ago when my more-than-amazing wife and I were at the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

355...two thoughts before "ho, boy!!":

...first thought:

In the last couple of years the phrase "hinge of history" has become an important part of my thinking, pondering, speaking in a number of places in my life.  That "hinge" can be thought of rather globally, all the way up to very personally.  There is strong evidence that this wild olde man is experiencing the "hinge of his years" in a way that is almost hard to comprenhend.

357b...haboob!

...haboob!  (...this blog post)

...ho, boy!!  (...the next blog post)

...hey there!!!  (...and the blog post after that)

357a...what's up #63:

"Truth without grace is cruelty.  Grace without truth is foolishness."

        --Gordon Dalbey

360...gentle warning:

...returning soon to bloging after some remarkable moments, as the hinge of my life opens into the third third of my days on earth.  What's that all about?  Stay tuned.  :)  Be watchful.  It will be good to be back sharing thoughts about life.

Between now (10 Jn '6) and then, consider this, taken from the words on a new coffee mug to help me mark and remember these recent days...and the days to come:

    life is not measured by the
    number of breaths we take,
    but by the number of moments
    that take our breath away.
        …anonymous