{"id":8875,"date":"2012-06-07T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=8875"},"modified":"2017-01-24T17:55:22","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T22:55:22","slug":"goethe-suggests-a-blog-post-who-am-i-to-say-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2012\/06\/goethe-suggests-a-blog-post-who-am-i-to-say-no.html","title":{"rendered":"Goethe Suggests a Blog Post. Who Am I to Say No?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u200eOne ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.<\/em> \u2013 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Good advice, that. I wonder what sort of blogger Goethe would have made? He and I are like minded this morning, because there has been a song playing in my head, I just read something that I want to share with you, and I love fine pictures, even when I stumble often when it comes to speaking reasonable words.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s The Logical Song<\/em>, by Supertramp\u2019s Roger Hodgson. It might just do as the \u201cgood poem\u201d too.<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nHere\u2019s something wonderful to read. Jimmy Akin\u2019s appreciation of the life, and loves, of Ray Bradbury. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/blog\/jimmy-akin\/something-wondrous-this-way-comes\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Something Wondrous This Way Comes<\/a><\/em>. Indeed. Requiescat in pace<\/em>, Mr. Bradbury.<\/p>\nNext on the Goethe inspired agenda, I\u2019ll share a \u201cfine picture\u201d by a master artist, who happened to have been a Jesuit. Wu Li\u2019s,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/toah\/works-of-art\/1977.81\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Whiling Away the Summer<\/a>\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2012\/06\/Whiling_Away_the_Summer_Wu_Li.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8876\" title=\"Whiling_Away_the_Summer_Wu_Li\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2012\/06\/Whiling_Away_the_Summer_Wu_Li.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"220\"><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nDo click on the link for Wu\u2019s work for exquisite close-ups.<\/p>\nRounding out this wee post, a shot at a few reasonable words (hopefully).<\/p>\nIn all of the hustle, and all of the bustle of this day, try not to forget our universal calling: love one another. Loving one another in all we do, makes us right with man, and with God. Like Ray Bradbury, let\u2019s not be ashamed to say<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2010\/09\/for-the-catholic-view-of-love.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"> \u201cI Love You!<\/a>\u201d to whomever we bump into whom we admire, or whom we share our lives with today. Thank them for being in our lives. Thank them for loving us back, despite all of our faults, our foibles, and our shortcomings.<\/p>\nIf today we cannot love the whole world, as we should, then take baby steps and try to love all in our immediate families. Start small, think big, and God will be pleased with our efforts.<\/p>\nNeed help in this department (who doesn\u2019t!)? Here\u2019s a wee chart that may come in handy\u2026<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2012\/06\/You-Say_God-Says.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8879\" title=\"You Say_God Says\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2012\/06\/You-Say_God-Says-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u200eOne ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. \u2013 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Good advice, that. I wonder what sort of blogger Goethe would have made? 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