bierkergaard

  The barista at the coffee shop said this is where Kierkegaard fell ill on the street and was taken to hospital. And died several days later. A fitting conclusion to my trip. Soren enjoyed his coffee. With an obscene amount of sugar. I think it helped fuel his prodigious literary output. Nearly 40 books in 13 years. I doubt I’ll read the 34 books I have of his in 13 years. Because reading his books is tied into the Bierkergaard podcast, it is a consistent and purposeful yet peaceful walk.  If I didn’t enjoy it, I wouldn’t do it. Everything else about building a platform must be the cart being pulled by the horse of joy. Not the other way around.  Tomorrow I fly out. Not sure I’ll ever be back unless the podcast becomes a bigger net. There are plans in Copenhagen to advance Kierkegaard scholarship at a more advanced level, and if God has a plan to have me be a part of it, I’ll be back. I have no overweening ambition. I really don’t.  I’d like to thank all of you here...

  Reminded today when the pulling weeds that even they have their beauty. Dig the small blue flowers. That’s it. 

Also,  a great book by M. Scott Peck. The Road Less Travelled. Perhaps the best opening sentence of any book ever. “Life is Difficult.”  'The Road Not Taken' Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. ~Robert Frost (Book: Mountain Interval [ad] https://amzn.to/3TXE9ff)

 

 Starting 2024, this seemed good to post:

Trying to post one thing a day that is encouraging and thoughtful a day on Facebook. I know, subversive. The most efficient way to do this is screenshot the FB post and use my phone to post the screenshot here on Blogger. I like making things easier vs. harder. This way I can post on FB and also post on Blogger. A Win-Win!