Rough Stone Steps

Letter 4385

This morning I climb the tower. Rough stone steps circle up. One would hardly know what awaits.

A luxurious room at the top, with heaps of treasure, and a view of the valley.

Hawks circle in updrafts while I sit and watch the people below.

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Returning, descending the same steps, the world becomes again ordinary and the views hidden by tree line.

Such treasures hidden by such plain stonework.


Consider:

Can I see beyond the ordinary?


Reading:

❖ “To see a World in a Grain of Sand / And a Heaven in a Wild Flower / Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand / And Eternity in an hour.” — William Blake, Auguries of Innocence

❖ “For lack of attention a thousand forms of loveliness elude us every day.” — Evelyn Underhill, Practical Mysticism

❖ “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.” — Matthew 13:44 (KJV)


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~B.R.