Old clothes for new

[pjthompson]

Random quote of the day:

“A religious person ought, in respect to all the things he uses, be like a statue which one may drape with clothing, but which feels no grief and makes no resistance when one strips it again. It is in this way you should feel toward your clothes, your books, your cell, and everything else you make use of.

—St. Alphonsus Rodriguez, quoted in The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lectures XI, XII, XIII by William James

Thanks to ogre_san.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Comments

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

That made me pause for a moment, because these days one means something quite different by "your cell." ;)

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

lol--but, in a way, some people still retreat into their cell, figuratively if not literally. :-D

[hominysnark.livejournal.com]

That photo is actually kinda creepy. Or maybe I'm just in the mood.

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

It's definitely otherworldly. But I couldn't believe I actually found a picture of a "statue" draped with monks clothing.

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

Nooooooo!

Not my stuff! Leave my stuff alone! I needs it!

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

I don't think there's a monastic order in my future, either.

[safewrite.livejournal.com]

When the quote says, "Your cell," I thought - phone?

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

You're not alone there!