The Thing About Real Life Is That

It Is True That All Men Are Created In The Image Of God, But Christians Are Supposed To Be Conscious Of That Fact, And Being Conscious Of It Should Recognize The Importance Of Living Artistically, Aesthetically, And Creatively, As Creative Creatures Of The Creator. If We Have Been Created In The Image Of An Artist, Then We Should Look For Expressions Of Artistry, And Be Sensitive To Beauty, Responsive To What Has Been Created For Us

All Art Involves Conscious Discipline. If One Is Going To Paint, Do Sculpture, Design A Building Or Write A Book, It Will Involve Discipline In Time And Energy — Or There Would Never Be Any Production At All To Be Seen, Felt Or Enjoyed By Ourselves Or Others. To Develop ‘hidden Art’ Will Also, Of Course, Take Time And Energy – And The Balance Of The Use Of Time Is A Constant Individual Problem For All Of Us: What To Do, And What To Leave Undone. One Is Always Having To Neglect One Thing In Order To Give Precedence To Something Else. The Question Is One Of Priorities

There Is Something About Saying, 'we Always Do This,' Which Helps Keep The Years Together. Time Is Such An Elusive Thing That If We Keep On Meaning To Do Something Interesting, But Never Do It, Year Would Follow Year With No Special Thoughtfulness Being Expressed In Making Gifts, Surprises, Charming Table Settings, And Familiar, Favorite Food. Tradition Is A Good Gift Intended To Guard The Best Gifts.

What Are Your Choices? Whom Are Your Choices For? Not Just For Yourself. Chose Now Whom You Will Serve, And That Choice Is Going To Affect The Next Generation, And The Next Generation, And The Next. Choice Never Affects Just One Person Alone. It Goes On And On And The Effect Goes Out Into Geography And History. You Are Part Of History And Your Choices Become Part Of History.

Food Cannot Take Care Of Spiritual, Psychological And Emotional Problems, But The Feeling Of Being Loved And Cared For, The Actual Comfort Of The Beauty And Flavour Of Food, The Increase Of Blood Sugar And Physical Well-being, Help One To Go On During The Next Hours Better Equipped To Meet The Problems (p. 124).