Lessons from Daddy-Long-Legs
I found a book I’d been looking for, for a long time. I didn’t even really know what it was called, but I knew it was about an orphan who wrote to her benefactor and called him “Daddy-Long-Legs”. Of course it turns out that the books is called the same and I found it and printed it out from here.
It’s a fun book and I really enjoyed it…. Here are a few quotes that struck me as worth remembering:
It isn’t the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can
rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to
meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh–I really think
that requires SPIRIT.
It isn’t the great big pleasures that count the most; it’s making a
great deal out of the little ones–I’ve discovered the true secret of
happiness, Daddy, and that is to live in the now. Not to be for ever
regretting the past, or anticipating the future; but to get the most
that you can out of this very instant. It’s like farming. You can
have extensive farming and intensive farming; well, I am going to have
intensive living after this. I’m going to enjoy every second, and I’m
going to KNOW I’m enjoying it while I’m enjoying it. Most people don’t
live; they just race. They are trying to reach some goal far away on
the horizon, and in the heat of the going they get so breathless and
panting that they lose all sight of the beautiful, tranquil country
they are passing through; and then the first thing they know, they are
old and worn out, and it doesn’t make any difference whether they’ve
reached the goal or not. I’ve decided to sit down by the way and pile
up a lot of little happinesses…..
July 8th, 2008 at 1:34 am
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