“Love doesn’t go away because we want it to, but remains even when it becomes a searing pain, leaving the heart a desert of bitter remorse and grief for joy, a happiness that once has been and now never could return. There had been a time when simply to touch this little bit of linen he held now so casually brought every aching moment of that love back. The sense of desolate pain-drenched loss traveled up his arm, enclosing his heart like a set of icy fingers. A time when to look upon what it held was unbearable”
~ Alice Borchardt
Wisdom for a man’s self is, in many branches thereof, a depraved thing. It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house, somewhat before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger, who digged and made room for him. It is the wisdom of crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour.
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Reisley believes that his devotion to the home and the community are what have kept him in such good health all of these years.
"Neuroscientists tell us that awareness of beauty in one's environment for a long time, reduces stress, can have physiological benefits, perhaps even longevity," he explained. "And I realized that there's not a day of my life that I didn't see something beautiful."
He said some days he's captivated by the way a stream of sunlight hits the wood paneling. Other days, he said, he sits enthralled watching the leaves dance in the wind through the windows. After more than seven decades, he's convinced. "That's my explanation. That's the secret."
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