David Given Schwarm

Married, Father, United

February 25

Truth must be sought at all costs, but separate isolated truths will not do. Truth is like life; it has to be taken on its entirely or not at all…We must welcome truth even if it reproaches and inconveniences us–even if it appears in the place where we thought it could not be found.
Frogs
February 24

The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble, his blessings.
The best

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Ta Ch’u
February 23

Eternity is, without succession, simultaneous possession of all joys. To those who live toward Eternity, it is not something at the end; it is that which influences every moment of the now.
Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee, Andrew Wincott (Narrator)

Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee My rating: 5 of 5 stars How am I just finding this now? Mike read a review on a top 100 novels list, and boy was they right–this is a brutal reflection on evil in the world. I like the universal nature of this–like it can be about…
February 22

Say to yourself over and over again regardless of what happens: “God loves me!” And then add “And I will try to love Him!”
Get experimental.
February 21

In order to love anyone with your whole heart, in order to be really peaceful, in order to be really wholehearted, you must go back again in God to recover the piece He has been keeping for you from all eternity.