不安をバネにできるならいいのだけど、
できない人は、被害者意識に苛まれてどうしようもなくなる。
そういう人、たくさん見てきた。。
でもやはり、自分のままならない状況で、
「人生はままならないものだ」と腹をくくって不安でも
祈りながら一生懸命、目の前のことを果たしていくと
本当の安心へと導かれますよ。。ということではないだろうか。
エラが言ってる偉業とは、
何か名誉ある立派な働きを人から認められるというだけではなくて、
神さまから認められるということではないかな。。？
それにしても。。
全然、満ち足りていないのに、あたしは怠惰だなぁ
Be not content, contentment means inaction,
The growing soul aches on its upward quest;
Satiety is twin to satisfaction--
All great achievements spring from life's unrest.
The tiny roots, deep in the dark mould hiding,
Would never bless the earth with leaf and flower Were not an inborn restlessness abiding
In seed and germ, to stir them with its power.
Were man contented with his lot forever,
He had not sought strange seas with sails unfurled, And the vast wonder of our shores had never
Dawned on the gaze of an admiring world.
Prize what is yours, but be not quite contented,
There is a healthful restlessness of soul By which a mighty purpose is augmented
In urging men to reach a higher goal.
So when the restless impulse rises, driving
Your calm content before it, do not grieve; It is the upward reaching of the spirit
Of the God in you to achieve, achieve.
Poems of sentiment
Chicago, IL : W. B. Conkey Company, c1906.
