The sun rises every morning. I do not rise every morning, but the variation is due not to my activity, but to my inaction. Now, to put the matter in a popular phrase, it might be true that the sun rises regularly because he never gets tired of rising. His routine might be due, not to a lifelessness, but to a rush of life.
The thing I mean can be seen, for instance, in children, when they find some game or joke that they specially enjoy. A child kicks his legs rhythmically through excess, not absence, of life. Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, “Do it again”; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, “Do it again” to the sun, and every evening, “Do it again” to the moon.
It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we. (paragraph breaks added)
Source: Orthodoxy, GK Chesterton
Did you check with him that this was his good side ?? ☺
Nicely done, got down to his level and looked him in the eye !
Jim R – Thanks! Getting back up was a little trickier.
That’s one big turtle! Those kinds of creatures are amazing to me. There is a CBC TV series that started this week called “David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef.” I missed it, but sure would love to see the series. If it’s anything like his “Planet Earth” series it’s a must-see.
Tom – While on our trip to the Galapagos, we saw Attenborough’s show on the same – very impressive. Having visited The Reef briefly, I’ll make a point of tracking down that one, too. Professional photography is fabulous.