Wednesday, October 19, 2016

The Crossing



One of the baker's half-dozen who reads this eccentric internet backwater sent this in, by Cormac McCarthy:

"Every man's death is a standing in for every other. And since death comes to all there is no way to abate the fear of it except to love the man who stands for us. We are not waiting for his history to be written. He passed here long ago. That man who is all men and who stands in the dock for us until our own time comes and we must stand for him. Do you love him, that man? Will you honor the path he has taken? Will you listen to his tale?"

I reflected on that as I fished below the dam after a round of bereavement visits. We must stand for him; I like that, in fact I like all of it.

God bless,

LSP

6 comments:

  1. It looks as if the fish responded to your prayers.

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  2. Thanks, Linda. I thought that was a pretty good quote.

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  3. They seemed to, LL. Black Drum and a decent little Bass -- a good way to round things off.

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  4. Profound fishing. I'll stand for anyone who promises to save me cos that's a task and a half.

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