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yes, perhaps even. other
planets...

Solitariness, to me, is not

an escape from People or
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THE SCHOLARLY laddies ©
who compiled. the Oxford.
Dictionary didn’t have as
good feelings about the word

ATARY. as. I Pent {A

The Universe is walking
with me.

Beautifully-it walks before
me

Beautifully-it walks behind
me

Beautifully-it walks below

Beautifully-it walks above

alone’, thot. gregariou
‘without companions’. They:

lly: mevery side

I walk-I walk with Beau-

Cll - Sunday, September 4, 1983~ North Shore News |

When. I was a-child, F
remember once: hearing an
uncle ‘read the words of
David from the book of
Psalins:: .

«Set, a‘watch, O Lord,

‘before my mouth; -

‘Keep the door of. my lips,”

(Psalm 141:3):

At the:time I envisioned a
man in: beard ‘and’ flowing
rabes © ‘carefully: “laying a.
small, timepiece. in front of
someone’: s mouth; the rest of
the verse conjured up an
even. stranger’ image. :Now,..

(Psalm 39:1)

“He that keepeth his

mouth keepeth his life:

but he that openeth wide

his lips shall have

destruction.”
(Proverbs 13:3)

More ‘specific references
to weight control are hard to
find; for in.a land and an.age
where famine was a constant
threat, and hard physical
labor an everyday reality,
warnings against .over-
indulgence . ‘must. —have

. seemed: ‘superfluous, at best.
_ In fact, -the vision of ‘the
Promised “Land as “flowing :

¥

ate

temperate: in:all, things

with milk and honey”, where

God's children would “eat of
the fat of the land”; shows
the common tendency to use
luxury in eating as a symbol
of spiritual richness.

Still, .gluttony. is seriously -
condemned both in the Oid.

and’ New: Testaments, while
temperance (self-control) : ‘is
praised as one of the “fruits
of the ~ spirit, “a quality
devoutly to be‘cultivated.
“And every. man that
striveth for. mastery” is

Corinthians 9: :25) ©

-who'”

knows the importance of
returning to any plan of
endeavor: again and again, of
seeking out “quiet time” to
renew one’s résolution and
restore.one’s tranquility on a
regular basis, will appreciate
these: ‘final .words. of wisdom

from the:prophet Isaiah: -

“In, returning a and rest t shall

confidence. shall be your
strength. {said 30: 15)

Cos helps mie ‘be ‘itior i
. [ us ‘keep’ saying) but being am at home, nc
quite: ‘gregarious’. ve am cer- apart, with:my own centre, where I am. Tog
_ tainly not ‘without. compa- with my own being, for four The unknown transiator. of oe
nions’;-nor amt ‘lonely’. But vinutes or, “four days con- the Navajo. Indian: Rain. ~
about. ce .. hey! I can sing loud and long * ys Ceremony puts it this way in:
. ae that the: of the 4 in. praise .of: solitariness. I tributes, tremendously to my The Pollen'Path by Margaret’. °‘ ¢
“-gommunity” doesn’t know . like‘livingin- communities’, I sensing my unison with other Link: . ‘friendship ‘and togetherness
about yet. “love people” (as so many of .centres and: -other -beings, AsI walk, as I walk and love.

- Finally,. anyone

of course, I realize’ ‘that’ the ©
verse ‘deals with self- |
restraint in one’s speech. Yet
it: also Seems to. ‘me the, .
pérfect' prayer of the wei it
loser, and for this reason
long been one of my favorite
Old Testament verses. Since
then, I have searched both
the Old and New Testaments
for more words of wisdom, —
and have come up witha few
which, while in their original -
context may not have dealt
specifically with weight
control, seem to suit that
purpose quite well:

“I will take heed to my

ways, that I sin not with

my tongue: I will keep my

mouth with a bridle.”

Boating
know-how

Every summer, thousands
of amateur boaters. take to
the waters of B.C.’s beautiful
coast, and every year there

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