Your prayer prompts an awareness in me that this is how we should be living today, as if our closing days might be imminent.
I'm reminded of these lines from Virgil: "Death plucks my ear and says, 'Live—I am coming.'"
In good company U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. used a translation of these words during a radio address on his 90th birthday in 1931
Here's hoping that your closing days are years away
That mundanity in rich abundance comes your way
And that "nothing lasts" are simply words that fall
Giving way to the memory of a well-lived life, a gift to all
Thanks for reading, it 'simply' means a lot.
Your prayer prompts an awareness in me that this is how we should be living today, as if our closing days might be imminent.
I'm reminded of these lines from Virgil: "Death plucks my ear and says, 'Live—I am coming.'"
In good company U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. used a translation of these words during a radio address on his 90th birthday in 1931
Love long & prosper, Byron.
You're absolutely right about that. Thanks for reading.