[lit-ideas] Re: None Dare Call It Reason
- From: "Veronica Caley" <molleo1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:46:07 -0400
But one of
my paramount memories of trying to shape myself comes from a story I
read (I have no idea now where) about a very rich woman who gave a party
where one of the attendees broke a very ancient Ming vase. She greeted
his torrent of apologies with "Don't worry, it was just an old thing
anyway". I resolved then and there to be so unattached to material
things that I could someday be so gracious. It has made a difference.
Ursula
Thanks so much for sharing this. If you ever remember where you read it, I
hope you post it.
Veronica
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From: "Ursula Stange" <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 3:21 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: None Dare Call It Reason
Loren Eiseley is one of my heroes as well...been on my ten best list since
the eighties. So many high points...I remember just now his story about
running away (as a ten year old perhaps) from his deaf mother...and the
regret he afterwards suffered. So much heart. So much grit. So much
courage to face the things he'd done. Gave me courage....
I spoke to my class last night about where we get our moral foundations.
Church, community, peers, family all came up. But one of my paramount
memories of trying to shape myself comes from a story I read (I have no
idea now where) about a very rich woman who gave a party where one of the
attendees broke a very ancient Ming vase. She greeted his torrent of
apologies with "Don't worry, it was just an old thing anyway". I
resolved then and there to be so unattached to material things that I
could someday be so gracious. It has made a difference.
Ursula
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Veronica Caley wrote:
Something written by Loren Eisley. As fine a writer as I have ever read
that goes right to the heart. The passage that I still remember from his
work was about a tree he and his father planted when he was very little.
Nearing the end of his life, he went back and looked for it. It had been
cut down.
This brought both of us to tears - he when he saw it gone and me when I
read it. I don't cry easily. If I did, I wouldn't be on this list. You
really ought to be writing and writing.
Veronica the fool, applying for a position with King Lear
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