"What's new?" is an interesting and broadening eternal question, but one which, if pursued exclusively, results only in an endless parade of trivia and fashion, the silt of tomorrow. I would like, instead, to be concerned with the question "What is best?," a question which cuts deeply rather than broadly, a question whose answers tend to move the silt downstream.
-Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best…” Philippians 1:9-10
Love, strengthened with knowledge and understanding, frames the search for what is best.
Melinda, I love this passage. What a wonderful prayer to keep in our hearts... and so beautifully linked to the passage from Zen. Thanks! You've brightened my morning. :) I'm going to have to ponder this some more -- what you've said, love, strengthened by knowledge and understanding, seems essential. Could there be anything else?
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