grace, sufficient and extravagant
As I climbed into bed last night, I was distracted by the view out my window and a thought. I love this place. It got me out of bed early the other day, too, because I woke up and the sky was so gloriously beautiful. It fits right in with the over-joyed theme of this summer. This summer makes for a second full rotation of seasons that I've had in Bloomington, living in the same apartment in the same town. It has been so very, very good. There are a thousand thousand reasons to live this life. Every one of them sufficient. ~Marylynne Robinson We're so lucky we're still alive to see this beautiful world. Look at the sky. It's not dark and black and without character. The black is in fact deep blue. And over there! Lighter blue. And blowing through the blueness and the blackness, the winds swirling through the air. And there, shining, burning, bursting through, the stars! Can you see how they roll their ligh