Seeing The Invisible

It's there but you just can't see it. What seems to be "way out there" is actually very close and draws in all the strength and energy of the stars that surround it. It is hard to see because we are used to seeing each other as individuals but this thing in a huge singularity with many faces.

The only way to detect it is to get enough stars to shine around it and watch how it bends and curves your efforts and dreams. The only way I am able to talk about this thing that the Department of Homeland Security was set up to stop, is simply because this thing is part of me. Even now it is sucking away every conscious effort I make, inflicting indescribable pain but I can tell the boundary between "it" and the star light that I'm also part of and actually from.

I first wrote about this nursery from the cosmically incomprehensible in a short story written last July 2008.

English Lessons from the days when Meaning Was Conveyed Gracefully

Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust.--PS. xl. 4. That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life.--I TIM. ii. 2.

Just to let thy Father do What He will; Just to know that He is true, And be still; Just to trust Him, this is all! Then the day will surely be Peaceful, whatsoe'er befall, Bright and blessed, calm and free. F. R. HAVERGAL.

Every morning compose your soul for a tranquil day, and all through it be careful often to recall your resolution, and bring yourself back to it, so to say. If something discomposes you, do not be upset, or troubled; but having discovered the fact, humble yourself gently before God, and try to bring your mind into a quiet attitude. Say to yourself, "Well, I have made a false step; now I must go more carefully and watchfully." Do this each time, however frequently you fall. When you are at peace use it profitably, making constant acts of meekness, and seeking to be calm even in the most trifling things. Above all, do not be discouraged; be patient; wait; strive to attain a calm, gentle spirit. ST. FRANCIS DE SALES.