tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595289917789105246.post8706156087351946536..comments2010-02-01T16:43:34.681-08:00Comments on <i> Songs of Assent </i>: Tolling WisdomDr. Carla A. Watermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11835246527500666523noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595289917789105246.post-24636437652369650202009-08-11T07:12:03.696-07:002009-08-11T07:12:03.696-07:00Hi Mimi!
Fabulous observation--you are right, both...Hi Mimi!<br />Fabulous observation--you are right, both on an island and in life. I found myself occasionally gifted by a great internal quiet out there--and longing for that same internal attention when the context is not full of overwhelming beauty, but overwhelming challenges and concerns. The bell with a a time and a wisdom of its own is always ringing. For Eliot, I think it was the relentless sound of time's passage. For me it is the reminder of the precious, unreturnable gift of a moment.Dr. Carla A. Watermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835246527500666523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595289917789105246.post-77720511021578756132009-08-11T06:18:16.518-07:002009-08-11T06:18:16.518-07:00I can hear the bell - as I have heard one many tim...I can hear the bell - as I have heard one many times before when I have been on the water. I wonder though, if you have to be quiet to hear the bell? If you had been bustling about the island, doing this or that, the bell would have just gone into the background. Yet, by quieting yourself, being intune with the world around you, paying attention to sounds, winds and your surroundings, you were able to hear the tolling bell. My life needs intentional quiet to hear the tolling bell. When I am too busy to be, I miss it. It is just another noise in the background. But by quieting myself, being intune with what is happening in my life, I can hear the bell when it is just ringing or when it is tolling loudly. Just a thought.Miminoreply@blogger.com