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“If I was really exploiting my singleness for the glory of God… I think every minute of my day would be utilized and spent so that there is literally no time in my schedule for a family. I think that’s biblical. I don’t think there should be room in my schedule for a family until I have a family. God doesn’t need me to hold open ‘time slots’ for things that aren’t mine. He calls me to spend myself for His kingdom.” Fabs writes about 2 things she learned from scheduling her life.
Ever wonder how “word of mouth” works exactly or why opportunities don’t seem to pan out for you? FB writes about her sister’s paint job and how you might be letting money slip through your fingers.
Seth Godin makes the point that “There are some significant misunderstandings about failure. A common one, similar to one we seem to have about death, is that if you don’t plan for it, it won’t happen,” in his post on how to fail.
On Front Porch Republic, James Matthew Wilson discusses one of my favorites, Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, in History’s Long Road to Tyranny: Tocqueville and the End of Equality.
The NPR Books blog had an absolutely atrocious post this week, dripping with contempt, on Ayn Rand (inspired by the movie coming out this weekend). I’m not going to link to it as it was rather sickening but if you’d like to read it, I’m sure you can find it!
They did have a few good things this week, though – a post on My Antonia reminiscent of my ‘forgotten books’ concept (incidentally, I re-read My Antonia last year after not having read it since 6th grade and had many of the same impressions), and a funny but true endorsement of libraries. I mean, do you know how awesome libraries are? 🙂
Edit: Thanks to Italian Food Forever I just won a bottle of 15-year aged ($60) Lodovico Campari Balsamic Vinegar!