Which One? (reprise)

I've only done a do-over one time @ Get the Big Idea. It's not something I do routinely, as I figure my friends are savvy enough to find 'like' posts using the handy labels list. Right? But sometimes, the mood strikes, & I want a do-over (don't we all?).

Lucky for me, this is my blog, & I get to choose. And no arguments from the rif-raf, either!

At any rate, I was walking the pooch today, with M.W.Smith on my IPOD. The sky was pristinely blue, as only a Carolina sky can be. Autumn leaves were warming themselves in the golden rays of sweet sunshine (after weeks of rain), & I was of-a-mind to count favorites. This original piece from 9-08 came to mind, & it just makes me feel good. Maybe you'll enjoy it too:

Books are essential. Reading is one of the best expanders of the mind, of the soul.

But what if some catastrophe occurs, and only one book could be saved? Faced with that notion, which book would you be sure to rescue? Which one would you save?

It's legal and it's literary. It’s historical and poetic. It's sophisticated

narrative and children’s delight. It's sexy and smoldering; compellingly real

and enigmatic. Come to it as a scholar, or scientist, an objective observer

or a hostile assailant. It's confounding, perplexing, nearly implausible. It

yields to antagonism, ignites debate and inspires awe. By it, through it,

one can be moved to a depth of intimacy that defies understanding. When

a catastrophe strikes, when all books will vanish and I can save just one,

this one will be clutched under my arm, shielded from the mayhem of

falling, crashing, burning. When I rush out of the flaming building and my

family is safe, I’ll have pressed against me this one, my Bible.
I’ll save it, because it first saved me.

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