The Carousel by Mike Driver “Everything a lie… Everything you hear, everything you see… So much to spew out… They just keep coming, one after another… You’re in a box… A moving box… They want you dead, or in their lie” – Terence Malick, The Thin Red Line
So much to think about here! I've been mulling over a word or phrase to pursue to characterize 2024 for myself. I've come up with the word "connection". There is much I want more connection with in 2024 - the Lord and His word, the Bible - which is "truth" (see Pilate's sarcastic question in John 18:38: "What is truth?" and Jesus' words: "Sanctify them in the truth, Your word is truth." in John 17:17); friends and family; simple ways toward health; etc.
The Carousel article emphasized a realization I've come to: that the only way to get connection like I'd like - like I believe is important - like I believe will change my life and the lives of those in which I am granted connection, is to step off many of life's tantalizing, mesmerizing carousels like social media, excessive news even from alternative options, my own self-centered and self-serving patterns...
Worth a couple re-reads and deeper examining. Thanks for posting this, Kathleen!
So much to think about here! I've been mulling over a word or phrase to pursue to characterize 2024 for myself. I've come up with the word "connection". There is much I want more connection with in 2024 - the Lord and His word, the Bible - which is "truth" (see Pilate's sarcastic question in John 18:38: "What is truth?" and Jesus' words: "Sanctify them in the truth, Your word is truth." in John 17:17); friends and family; simple ways toward health; etc.
The Carousel article emphasized a realization I've come to: that the only way to get connection like I'd like - like I believe is important - like I believe will change my life and the lives of those in which I am granted connection, is to step off many of life's tantalizing, mesmerizing carousels like social media, excessive news even from alternative options, my own self-centered and self-serving patterns...
Worth a couple re-reads and deeper examining. Thanks for posting this, Kathleen!
Thank you, Sharon, for your insightful words.