Been too long since I’ve posted anything, and this will not be much, the heart of the post is not even my own. But this evening the written word offered me a moment . . . almost certainly one better grasped by the various characters, plot and the rest of the presentation contained in the book The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery;

Nonetheless, the sentence had the effect of a beautiful gift from a dear friend when you least expect it . . . and since it doth fit quite so eloquently within my own, slowly evolving, metaphysics, I had to share.

The quotation;  as found on page 169 of the trade paperback copy I have in my happy possession.

“Just thinking about trees and their indifferent majesty and our love for them teaches us how ridiculous we are – vile parasites squirming on the surface of the earth – and at the same time how deserving of life we can be, when we can honor this beauty that owes us nothing.”

Hear Hear.

Looking back across these scant lines to see if I have done what I sought to do, and I immediately see what effect the reflections of the title in question have wrought upon me. Perhaps that is enough.

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