"The Spring, clad all in gladness, doth laugh at Winter's sadness, and to the bagpipe's sound the nymphs tread out their ground."

I'm so tired. Please pray for me

Born too late to explore the world Born too early to explore the stars Born just in time to explore the possibilities of human existence 😎

The issue with behaving poorly because you feel 'entitled' to due to whatever hurt you're carrying, e.g. acting out at family, no attempts to avoid losing temper, being cold and curt is that eventually one day you realise the mask has become face and you no longer have a choice

egyptian poem from 3,300 years ago

Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Night in June”

¡Hola, Ciudad de México!

11h flight with no WiFi. See you all on the other side

[adjusts glasses]

Wrote a poem of affection to celebrate St Paul VI’s feast day that I’m kinda proud of. St Paul VI, gardener of the modern man, pray for us!

replying to an email that’s been on my to do list every day for 2 months

And the very next line feels like a nod to Middlemarch: “The civilization of love will not arise from a single or spectacular gesture, but from the sum total of small and steadfast acts of fidelity that serve as a bulwark against dehumanization.”

I will the country see, Where old simplicity, Though hid in gray, Doth look more gay Than foppery in plush and scarlet clad. Farewell, you city-wits that are Almost at civil war — 'Tis time that I grow wise, when all the world grows mad.

“To eliminate suffering entirely would mean, in the end, extinguishing love and desire as well. Those who love and desire cannot avoid passing through trial and suffering; and over the years, we carry within us lessons that leave their mark like scars, the memories of a journey shaped by freedom and failure, dreams and disappointments. It is only thanks to the interplay of these elements that the wonders of the soul occur within us, allowing us to sense the richness of our humanity. To renounce this adventure, both tragic and splendid, in the name of a presumed transcendence of all limits, could mean many things, but it would no longer be human.” Pope Leo XIV, Magnifica Humanitas (par. 120) (May 15, 2026)

From Magnifica Humanitas!!!

find myself thinking about this a lot lately

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