tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post3051237644453080123..comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Liquid, not LinearDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-61222616414348974322020-03-06T05:03:34.132-05:002020-03-06T05:03:34.132-05:00Many of Michael Crichton's books are way bette...Many of Michael Crichton's books are way better than the movies. Especially Jurassic Park (I totally agree with you about Ian Malcolm), but also The Sphere. (I used to love the old version of The Andromeda Strain, which I saw before I read the book so it's an exception for me). I hope you get better soon, and all the sick members of the family! <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Agneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00047890626000373572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-77850848409315122592020-03-05T09:05:55.776-05:002020-03-05T09:05:55.776-05:00"we think of chaos as a disruption of our lin..."we think of chaos as a disruption of our linear progress from point A to point B, but in reality, chaos is a given. There is no promised progress from A to B. Disruptions are part of the fabric of life, giving it texture and distinction. The unexpected is normal, and indeed, nothing is more artificial than an unimpeded plan. The rigid inability to cope with disruption, or even the idea of disruption, is egotistic, unsound, unreal. Life consists of the disruptions, not the plan. "<br /><br />I've been reading Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy and it occurs to me that the necessity of learning to deal with disruption is hardwired in to the monastic life. Five times a day, one of the sisters says, five times a day you have to stop what you're doing, take off your apron and work boots, clean off the mud, and go and pray. Even if you're in the middle of an important job. Nothing is more important than prayer.<br /><br /> And those disruptions are the school of humility. Mothers have a similar school, the constant interruptions can teach us to let go of ego and flow. But it's harder, I think, because we don't have the discipline of obedience, the superior to point out our faults. We are the superior, and the buck stops here. Unless we discipline ourselves, there's no one else looking over our shoulder.Melanie Bettinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557248434888642114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-51908274559865222962020-03-04T18:55:29.893-05:002020-03-04T18:55:29.893-05:00The boy in my house has unconfirmed flu, and the t...The boy in my house has unconfirmed flu, and the toddler was happily drinking out of his water cup as he slept on the couch. We await the next shoe to drop.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13472686909226073213noreply@blogger.com