The sun is leaving, the light is leaving. The bushveld is darkening. We are not the only ones heading to the river.
The weir makes ripples on the water as it changes its speed and shape to move around smooth, grey rocks worn by seasons of water flow.
Still water behind the weir waiting to fall shows dark smooth bolders beneath reflections of tree, mountain and sky. A late afternoon, evening reflection.
The bush has tangles. How long did it take to get that way? The twists and turns imperceptibly growing by the minute then hour then day then week then month then year and years. Thick twists around each other a tangle of matter.
It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble,
how hopeless the outlook,
how muddled the tangle,
how great the mistake.
A sufficient realisation of love will dissolve it all.
Emmet Fox
English is an outrageous tangle of those derivations and other multifarious linguistic influences, from Yiddish to Shoshone, which has grown up around a gnarly core of chewy, clangorous yawps derived from ancestors…
Roy Blount Jr
Saying stuff is sometimes better left unsaid. Our language is often weak and poorly equipped for our deepest feelings which are skirted, then misunderstood. How little our heart can speak clearly .
Today we met in a small church where teenages spoke of God and their joy in Him.
All of us, regardless of how we identify, need a community in which to grow our faith . We require the tangle of other souls to enlarge our hearts, to perfect our relationships with one another and to help us understand more deeply our better Selves. ( big S.)
James Lecesne
Dad has made a wonderful recovery. We are glad to chat and be with him. I hope you are having a peaceful weekend.
Sandy 🙂
What a beautiful Sabbath and gorgeous photos, Sandy. I am so glad to hear that your father is doing better.
Thank you Kelleye. We are enjoying Dad’s company and our family’s kind hospitality.
It WAS a lovely Sabbath. Excellent quotes. So good to have you here.
Thank you for hosting us during this time. It is a privilege to be with Dad.
Love your thoughts on the tangles in the branches and life itself. Emmet Fox quote is spot on Glad you had a peaceful Sabbath and walk in nature and Dad’s better x