《Talis Man》23 | A Preface to the Preface
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“...Amen, I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be spoken of, in memory of her.”
Matthew 26; The anointing at Bethany
There are moments in life you are changed forever. Even in the perverse, light still shines. Still guides us towards goodness.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
Plato
When I was nine, I wrote letters to the tooth fairy, not because I lost my teeth but I thought she needed them. Thought she was lonely without all the fanfare.
“Because into a soul that plots evil wisdom does not enter…”
The Reward of Righteousness; 1.4
Levon told me the tooth fairy was really mom and dad but I wrote them letters anyway. Levon said, “Better tales exist.”
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Plato
Is it ridiculous to ask you to believe my world exists?
“Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opened not his mouth. In [his] humiliation justice was denied him. Who will tell of his posterity? For his life is taken from the earth.”
Acts 8; Philip and the Ethiopian
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