John Currin - Pistachio, 2016.
Small Things Like These is a book written by an Irish woman named Claire Keegan. It is a small book, but carries an important message. As one reviewer said: [this book] "assures us we are all capable of doing the right thing, and that goodness, like misery, can be handed on from man to man." I love that, don’t you? As our book club discussed this beautiful story, we realized how grateful we are for the “small things”. It’s what enables us to be joyful during times of trials. We revel in small things, such as the first flowers of spring; our friendships and family (particularly the grands); our pets and the wonder of nature. Everything. Every little thing. And our gratitude extends to the wonderful kinship our group has grown into over the three decades we’ve been reading together. We have read and discussed over 200 books. We love reading, and we love each other. These things may seem small, but they’re everything.
“Pause and be still a little while, and see how far you rise above the world, when you release your mind from chains and let it seek the level where it finds itself at home. It will be grateful to be free a while. It knows where it belongs. But free its wings, and it will fly in sureness and in joy to join its holy purpose. Let it rest in its Creator, there to be restored to sanity, to freedom and to love.”
A Course in Miracles W-128.6:1-5
“Beauty, wealth, or fame is incompetent to meet the demands of the affections, and should never weigh against the better claims of intellect, goodness, and virtue. Happiness is spiritual, born of Truth and Love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.”
Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 57:15-21
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