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 on Facebook and on

  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!