Part of me feel guilty for posting my thoughts on books only during my jet lag sessions. Something I need to work on, clearly! But for now, here’s the latest lines that I found interesting from Pi,
“You may be astonished that in such a short period of time I could go from weeping over the muffled killing of a flying fish to gleefully bludgeoning to death a dorado. I could explain it by arguing that profiting from a pitiful flying fish’s navigational mistake made me shy and sorrowful, while the excitement of actively capturing a great dorado made me sanguinary and self-assured. But in point of fact the explanation lies else where. It is simple and brutal: a person can get used to anything, even to killing.” (p.185)
What a scary statement?! It is scary, only because there is truth in it!
“Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love — but sometimes it was so hard to love.“(p.208 )
I don’t consider myself a religious person, but I could see how others might get quite attached to their relationship with God. I would even go further and say that I believe some people are probably better off with God in their lives. Learning to love, to truly love, and feeling loved, truly loved, by God or someone human, are all part of necessity that give us Life.
