An Amazing World in My Eyes

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Listen to yourself

Its a-shame that ones higher self cant afford to do what ones subconscious calls them to do. Its a bitter sweet symphony this life. you spend your time trying to make ends meet then you die.

The prayer of one afflicted and wasting away whose anguish is poured out before the Lord.

Psalm 102

Lord, hear my prayer;

let my cry come to you.

3 Do not hide your face from me

in the day of my distress.

Turn your ear to me;

when I call, answer me quickly.

4 For my days vanish like smoke;

my bones burn away as in a furnace.

5 My heart is withered, dried up like grass,

too wasted to eat my food.

6 From my loud groaning

I become just skin and bones.

7 I am like a desert owl,

like an owl among the ruins.

8 I lie awake and moan,

like a lone sparrow on the roof.

9 All day long my enemies taunt me;

in their rage, they make my name a curse.[b]

10 I eat ashes like bread,

mingle my drink with tears.

11 Because of your furious wrath,

you lifted me up just to cast me down.

12 My days are like a lengthening shadow;

I wither like the grass.

13 But you, Lord, are enthroned forever;

your renown is for all generations.

14 You will again show mercy to Zion;

now is the time for pity;

the appointed time has come.

15 Its stones are dear to your servants;

its dust moves them to pity.

16 The nations shall fear your name, Lord,

all the kings of the earth, your glory,

17 Once the Lord has rebuilt Zion

and appeared in glory,

18 Heeding the plea of the lowly,

not scorning their prayer.

19 Let this be written for the next generation,

for a people not yet born,

that they may praise the Lord:

20 [c]“The Lord looked down from the holy heights,

viewed the earth from heaven,

21 To attend to the groaning of the prisoners,

to release those doomed to die.”

22 Then the Lord’s name will be declared on Zion,

his praise in Jerusalem,

23 When peoples and kingdoms gather

to serve the Lord.

III

24 He has shattered my strength in mid-course,

has cut short my days.

25 I plead, O my God,

do not take me in the midst of my days.[d]

Your years last through all generations.

26 Of old you laid the earth’s foundations;

the heavens are the work of your hands.

27 They perish, but you remain;

they all wear out like a garment;

Like clothing you change them and they are changed,

28 but you are the same, your years have no end.

29 May the children of your servants live on;

may their descendants live in your presence.

Born to the English nobility. After a somewhat mis-spent youth, he was drawn to religious life and entered the Benedictine Sherborne Abbey. Following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Stephen left the monastic life, moved to Scotland and then to Paris, France to study. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy, seeking forgiveness for having abandoned monasticism. Monk at Molesme Abbey. With Saint Robert of Molesme, he helped begin the Cistercian reform by helping found Citeaux Abbey in 1098. Chosen abbot of the house in 1109, he came in with a reformer’s zeal and administrative skill. Accepted Saint Bernard of Clairvaux into the Order with all the reform and expansion that he and his brothers brought with them. Helped found a dozen other Cistercian houses. amd gave the statutes that started the Cistician nuns. His reform work aimed at simplicity in all things including liturgical rites, church decor, monastic dress, and life in the Order.

Magic is in your heart

Penguin

Bear Grass

This flowering perennial plant is native to North America. It produces tall stalks that shoot from the base, reaching up to four feet. They carry slightly fragrant white flowers that form in an upright club. Unfortunately, deers eat the flowers, and bears eat the evergreen foliage. But they provide unusual shapes and texture to all gardens and look great when planted in larger groups.