I was delighted to discover, in the Atlantic Monthly a few years ago, W. S. Merwin’s lovely translation of the last Canto of Dante’s Paradiso. Canto XXXIII presents the final vision of the poet, and concludes with the famous line about “the love which moves the sun and the other stars” (l’amor che move il [...]
Tag Archive 'Love'
Knowing Who I Am
Posted in Acceptance on Jul 30th, 2009
You would think that with all the forms we fill out, both online and off, we would know who we are. Although if we stop to think about it, we may realize that the information required to open a Google account or to get a new credit card or to buy a book on Amazon.com [...]
Do not judge, so that you may not be judged.
For with the judgment you make you will be judged,
and the measure you give will be the measure you get.
(Matthew 7:1-2)
The internet has made me more aware than ever of our human tendency to judge each other, although I doubt that more judging is going on [...]
Love’s Requirements
Posted in Love on Jun 18th, 2008
When I typed “What does love mean?” into Google, in quotes so that I would get the exact phrase, no less than 111,000 web pages came up. (I imagine the numbers change from day to day—even hour to hour, as I just tried it again and this time there were 112,000.) [...]