Wednesday

"Santayana, who was very smart on the subject of the end of life, remarked that one of the reasons older people often grow grumpy about the world is that they, with the presentiment of their own death, can't see what good it can be without them in it." Joseph Epstein

I'll have to keep that in mind as I walk closer to The Door.

But of course, I would think a properly-disposed Christian wouldn't suffer from such a thing. I mean, if you accept the goodness of creation emanating from the Creator, along with the corresponding smallness of the observer, the grumpiness born of such high self-regard would seem impossible.