What You Must Do

“You mustn’t wish for another life. 
You mustn’t want to be somebody else. 
What you must do is this:
“Rejoice evermore. 
Pray without ceasing.
 In everything give thanks.” 
I am not all the way capable of so much,
 but those are the right instructions.”

~ Wendell Berry in Hannah Coulter

 

2 thoughts on “What You Must Do

  1. makes me want to read Hannah again! (One of those messages I must send to a friend… but, you know when you listen to a Message, and you think I wish this or that person can hear this message now, and then the Message is actually meant for you… … )

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