“When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him; and you are torn by the thought of the unhappiness and night you cast, by the mere fact of living, in the hearts you encounter.” – Albert Camus
The times are never frail; we always are. The hearts of humanity show us at our best and our worst, standing proud in our own light or cowering in the shadows we throw.
Oh, yeah I guess it’s not the times that are frail.
We are frail sometimes more than others. Trying not to cower in the shadows I throw. That standing proud in the light thing can be a real challenge.
“tosses coin*
waywardspirit 
“When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him; and you are torn by the thought of the unhappiness and night you cast, by the mere fact of living, in the hearts you encounter.” – Albert Camus
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This both encourages and discourages me.
Which will prevail for us at this frail time?
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The times are never frail; we always are. The hearts of humanity show us at our best and our worst, standing proud in our own light or cowering in the shadows we throw.
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Oh, yeah I guess it’s not the times that are frail.
We are frail sometimes more than others. Trying not to cower in the shadows I throw. That standing proud in the light thing can be a real challenge.
“tosses coin*
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Ain’t that the truth!
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This vocation and it’s opposite make every moment matter.
Focusing on awakening the light though is what I’ll do today in an aimless sorta way.
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Enjoy bathing in the glow!
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Camus thus spake impeccably.
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I’m thinking bursts of creativity or sudden ideas. Momentary, perhaps, but they do hang in the air just long enough.
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Aren’t they just perfect?
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Oh, yes!
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