from Susan Bilynskyj's Facebook Notes
7:29am Friday, Feb 29
For those of us who suffer from writer's block, especially the academic variety:
"When we so set our hearts on doing well that practically we do nothing, we are paralysed not by humility but by pride. If in such a temper we succeeded in making our light to shine, it would shine not in glorification of our Heavenly Father but of ourselves.
Suppose our duty of the moment is to write: why do we not write?--Because we cannot summon up anything original, or striking, or picturesque, or eloquent, or brillliant.
But is a subject before us? --It is.
Is it true? --It is.
Do we understand it? --Up to a certain point we do.
Is it worthy of meditation? --Yes, and prayerfully.
Is it worthy of exposition? --Yes, indeed.
Why not then begin?
'From pride and vainglory, Good Lord, deliver us.'"
Amen.
--Christina Rossetti
7:29am Friday, Feb 29
For those of us who suffer from writer's block, especially the academic variety:
"When we so set our hearts on doing well that practically we do nothing, we are paralysed not by humility but by pride. If in such a temper we succeeded in making our light to shine, it would shine not in glorification of our Heavenly Father but of ourselves.
Suppose our duty of the moment is to write: why do we not write?--Because we cannot summon up anything original, or striking, or picturesque, or eloquent, or brillliant.
But is a subject before us? --It is.
Is it true? --It is.
Do we understand it? --Up to a certain point we do.
Is it worthy of meditation? --Yes, and prayerfully.
Is it worthy of exposition? --Yes, indeed.
Why not then begin?
'From pride and vainglory, Good Lord, deliver us.'"
Amen.
--Christina Rossetti
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