"We gave three heavy-hearted cheers, and blindly plunged like fate into the lone Atlantic."

Moby Dick: or, the White Whale (Melville, Herman)

I've been speechless for a long time.

  I'm convinced there are few things more beautiful than the honesty of a contrite heart. The simple musings and revelations of one who has lived through much, and has walked away humbled. I guess that must be what draws me to my David.

  Don't you agree, that there is something breathtaking in the woman taking her time telling you the reality of breast cancer, yet chemo couldn't wipe out that glimmer in her eyes when she smiles? Or when you read that post by someone who is just trying to pay their bills on time, they aren't depressed, they're writing about their morning run or the handsome piece of literature they've encountered at the used bookstore.

  I find myself inspired. What makes me speechless; the desire to speak with a contrite and honest mind. How easy it is to go through days talking about things as if you're an expert, to convince everyone you come in contact with that you're worth loving and admiring. Oh but the beauty of honest silence, and what's more - honest speech.

I'm doing my best to learn.

"Yet see how elastic our stiff prejudices grow when love once comes to bend them."

-Moby Dick: or, the White Whale (Melville, Herman)



This book is beautiful.