OCT // still life

This last month was hard but also had it's share of golden moments.

“There’s something undoing about the dying light of mid-afternoon.”

// This is Happiness //

Wins:

fires

pilates

a used book haul

reading Lonesome Dove

sunday morning walks with Joel

the nicest fall we've ever had

reading through the NT along with the Bible Recap

"I expect you got a life story like everybody else. If you'd like to tell it, I'm the one that'd like to hear it." (Gus, Lonesome Dove)

"He often felt sad. His main happiness consisted of sitting with his back against the water trough at night, watching the sky & the changing moon." (Deets)

"Well, here's where we all find out if we was meant to be cowboys." (Gus)

"It was wearying, trying to adjust to all the paces life required."

"Life in San Fransisco is still just life. If you want one thing too much it's likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds & buttermilk & feisty gentlemen." (Gus)

"She loved the fine light of the prairie mornings; it had resurrected her spirits time after time through the years." (Clara)

"Augustus had a keen eye for sun, & to his eye the long light from the west had taken on an encouraging slant."

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"You are anxious & troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her."

Luke 10:41-42

"In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."

John 16:33