The introvert is god of his own solitude; the extrovert sacrifices divinity for creatureliness.
This is by no means the first time I've expressed this, but any given night lately, I've wished I could lose thoughts of tomorrow and while away the wee hours with friends, inflating the importance of matters that perish in daylight, and laughing over nothing, and finally growing sleepy, watching the sun come up.
Doubtless some will take that the wrong way, sine non causa, but if I've ever had a pure desire this is probably it. The less noble of hormones do not permeate quite every sphere of thought.
Kudos to Mr. Dellinger for teaching us the word "creatureliness." "To pray is to experience your creatureliness," he said, in one of those afternoon 8th grade Bible classes.
posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2003
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