More Rudiments of Wisdom

At a time many feel “We have seen the best of our time: machinations, hollowness, treachery, and all ruinous disorders, follow us disquietly to our grave,” here’s a poem to help, by Moshe Safdie, architect of the children’s memorial at Yad Vashem:

He who seeks truth shall find beauty

He who seeks beauty shall find vanity

He who seeks order shall find gratification,

He who seeks gratification shall be disappointed

He who considers himself the servant of his fellow beings
shall find the joy of self-expression

He who seeks self-expression shall fall into the pit of arrogance

Arrogance is incompatible with nature,
Through nature,
the nature of the unverse
and the nature of man,
we shall seek truth,
If we seek truth, we shall find beauty.

The Rudiments of Wisdom

I was at the toddler service at Buckingham Parish Church this Wednesday. Claire Wood was doing a wonderful storytelling job on the tale behind the famous icon you see everywhere (Left), explaining how Sarah really wanted a baby and couldn't seem to get one. She used this excellent Russian Doll (Right) for Sarah. And when the baby came, asked Claire, what kind of baby do you think it was? (boy? girl?) Quick as a flash young Eva replied, “One a lot less decorated than that one!”