Comments on: One step closer http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/12/09/one-step-closer/ "Hitch your wagon to a star." —Ralph Waldo Emerson Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:26:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Top of the Mountains » Blog Archive » Letting go http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/12/09/one-step-closer/#comment-61137 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:32:01 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/12/09/one-step-closer/#comment-61137 [...] Isn’t it funny how we forget things so easily? Just a month ago I wrote about trusting in God, then promptly forgot pretty much everything I’d said in that post and returned to my crowded nest of worries. Over the last week, though, after stewing about on inadequacies both real and imagined, I’ve realized once more that I have to just place my trust in the Lord. [...] […] Isn’t it funny how we forget things so easily? Just a month ago I wrote about trusting in God, then promptly forgot pretty much everything I’d said in that post and returned to my crowded nest of worries. Over the last week, though, after stewing about on inadequacies both real and imagined, I’ve realized once more that I have to just place my trust in the Lord. […]

]]> by: Ben http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/12/09/one-step-closer/#comment-57839 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:36:23 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/12/09/one-step-closer/#comment-57839 Which things I never knew about ducks. :) (I guess I should nix feeding the ducks off my list of date ideas. Unless you know what I should feed them instead. :)) Which things I never knew about ducks. :) (I guess I should nix feeding the ducks off my list of date ideas. Unless you know what I should feed them instead. :))

]]> by: Katherine M http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/12/09/one-step-closer/#comment-57592 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:17:07 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/12/09/one-step-closer/#comment-57592 I mean no disrespect to ducks. It's just that I've had several run-ins with those botany pond ducks, and they aren't as peacefully pastoral up close as they seem from far away. They're unnaturally aggressive and unhealthy because people feed them bread, which is the equivalent of feeding a child candy bars. Because of the hand-outs, they don't migrate for the winter and end up losing their ability to find proper food for themselves. They also tend to develop nasty dispositions, which, considering how malnourished they are, makes sense. They're wretched, but it's not really their fault. I don't know what this has to do with anything. Ben has duck-induced epiphanies and I have duck rants. I mean no disrespect to ducks. It’s just that I’ve had several run-ins with those botany pond ducks, and they aren’t as peacefully pastoral up close as they seem from far away. They’re unnaturally aggressive and unhealthy because people feed them bread, which is the equivalent of feeding a child candy bars. Because of the hand-outs, they don’t migrate for the winter and end up losing their ability to find proper food for themselves. They also tend to develop nasty dispositions, which, considering how malnourished they are, makes sense. They’re wretched, but it’s not really their fault.

I don’t know what this has to do with anything. Ben has duck-induced epiphanies and I have duck rants.

]]> by: Ben http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/12/09/one-step-closer/#comment-57332 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:49:24 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/12/09/one-step-closer/#comment-57332 Katherine: Ducks are my wellspring of inspiration. Just kidding; the ducks didn't <i>really</i> have anything to do with it. But they <i>were</i> there on the botany pond, and they provided a nice pastoral atmosphere for my epiphany. They were the set. :) A: Ducks are pretty cool, I have to admit. :) I keep meaning to go over to the pond and take their pictures, but I also keep forgetting. ~sigh~ Anyway, yes, life is hard, but progress makes it tolerable. (As do books. And lots of other things. :)) Katherine: Ducks are my wellspring of inspiration. Just kidding; the ducks didn’t really have anything to do with it. But they were there on the botany pond, and they provided a nice pastoral atmosphere for my epiphany. They were the set. :)

A: Ducks are pretty cool, I have to admit. :) I keep meaning to go over to the pond and take their pictures, but I also keep forgetting. ~sigh~ Anyway, yes, life is hard, but progress makes it tolerable. (As do books. And lots of other things. :))

]]> by: A http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/12/09/one-step-closer/#comment-57297 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:15:18 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/12/09/one-step-closer/#comment-57297 Oh, Ben, it's hard, I know. Life is hard. But I love those epiphanies --- and I love that you had one while passing the ducks. I love ducks. You have such a good attitude about it all, and that's admirable. Oh, Ben, it’s hard, I know. Life is hard. But I love those epiphanies — and I love that you had one while passing the ducks. I love ducks. You have such a good attitude about it all, and that’s admirable.

]]> by: Katherine M http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/12/09/one-step-closer/#comment-57294 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:44:14 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2007/12/09/one-step-closer/#comment-57294 "You see, I was walking up 400 East and the words to “Lead, Kindly Light” just sort of popped into my head, so I started humming it as I went. On the stairs leading up to campus I finished the verse, noticed the ducks squatting on the botany pond, and then the epiphany hit: “Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see the distant scene — one step enough for me.”" The same thing happened to me about a year ago, only I was on 300 West, walking home. And there were no ducks involved. Incidentally, what did the ducks have to do with anything? “You see, I was walking up 400 East and the words to “Lead, Kindly Light” just sort of popped into my head, so I started humming it as I went. On the stairs leading up to campus I finished the verse, noticed the ducks squatting on the botany pond, and then the epiphany hit: “Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see the distant scene — one step enough for me.””

The same thing happened to me about a year ago, only I was on 300 West, walking home. And there were no ducks involved. Incidentally, what did the ducks have to do with anything?

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