Comments on: Pearls of Wisdom from The Bird in the Tree http://aginginwonder.com/2009/12/04/pearls-of-wisdom-from-the-bird-in-the-tree/ Celebrating the Joy of Life Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:16:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Cheryl http://aginginwonder.com/2009/12/04/pearls-of-wisdom-from-the-bird-in-the-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Cheryl Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:48:05 +0000 http://aginginwonder.com/?p=715#comment-252 Kate - Thanks so much for commenting! That quote certainly sounds like it could be from one of Goudge's books. I wish I owned the book and could help you verify it. The book I read was a library copy. I'm thankful to my sister Yvonne for helping me discover Elizabeth Goudge; recently, she determined to find and purchase every Elizabeth Goudge book she could. The second two books of the trilogy were easier to find. I think she finally bought The Bird in a Tree from somewhere in the UK. I'm impressed you found my little blog through an Internet search! What words did you use? Do you remember? Just curious. Kate – Thanks so much for commenting!

That quote certainly sounds like it could be from one of Goudge’s books. I wish I owned the book and could help you verify it. The book I read was a library copy.

I’m thankful to my sister Yvonne for helping me discover Elizabeth Goudge; recently, she determined to find and purchase every Elizabeth Goudge book she could. The second two books of the trilogy were easier to find. I think she finally bought The Bird in a Tree from somewhere in the UK.

I’m impressed you found my little blog through an Internet search! What words did you use? Do you remember? Just curious.

]]> By: Kate http://aginginwonder.com/2009/12/04/pearls-of-wisdom-from-the-bird-in-the-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Kate Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:10:19 +0000 http://aginginwonder.com/?p=715#comment-250 Ah, the wonders of the internet! I read this book 30 years ago in a guest house and have been looking for it ever since. Today, I decided to try the internet, again, and here you are! I remember two things from "bird." One was something said, I'm sure, by Lucilla (whose name I'd forgotten) to the effect that loving acts can create love as much as love can create loving acts. I have held this closely all these years. The other was a brief poem that I have always believed came from that book. Maybe someone who has a copy could check for me. My memory is "This is death: To leap from the utmost heights of ecstatic being Straight into the night." Thanks for filling in some of the gaps! Ah, the wonders of the internet! I read this book 30 years ago in a guest house and have been looking for it ever since. Today, I decided to try the internet, again, and here you are! I remember two things from “bird.” One was something said, I’m sure, by Lucilla (whose name I’d forgotten) to the effect that loving acts can create love as much as love can create loving acts. I have held this closely all these years. The other was a brief poem that I have always believed came from that book. Maybe someone who has a copy could check for me.

My memory is
“This is death:
To leap from the utmost heights of ecstatic being
Straight into the night.”

Thanks for filling in some of the gaps!

]]> By: The Eliots of Damerosehay | Aging in Wonder http://aginginwonder.com/2009/12/04/pearls-of-wisdom-from-the-bird-in-the-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-215 The Eliots of Damerosehay | Aging in Wonder Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:34:54 +0000 http://aginginwonder.com/?p=715#comment-215 [...] The Bird in the Tree, published in 1940 The Herb of Grace (entitled Pilgrim’s Inn by American publishers), written in 1948 The Heart of the Family, written in 1953. [...] [...] The Bird in the Tree, published in 1940 The Herb of Grace (entitled Pilgrim’s Inn by American publishers), written in 1948 The Heart of the Family, written in 1953. [...]

]]> By: Cheryl http://aginginwonder.com/2009/12/04/pearls-of-wisdom-from-the-bird-in-the-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Cheryl Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:36:51 +0000 http://aginginwonder.com/?p=715#comment-198 Yvonne, I really enjoy the observation that writers hope to push below the surface of reality. I think Rebecca West has at least in part answered the question, "Why do we write?" There is such reward in providing others with "Aha!" moments. Thanks for the thoughts. Yvonne, I really enjoy the observation that writers hope to push below the surface of reality. I think Rebecca West has at least in part answered the question, “Why do we write?” There is such reward in providing others with “Aha!” moments.

Thanks for the thoughts.

]]> By: Yvonne http://aginginwonder.com/2009/12/04/pearls-of-wisdom-from-the-bird-in-the-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Yvonne Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:27:37 +0000 http://aginginwonder.com/?p=715#comment-197 In the introduction to "Witness," by Whittaker Chambers, Rebecca West says Chambers "writes as writers by vocation try to write, and he makes the further discoveries about reality, pushing another half-inch below the surface, which writers hope to make when they write." Chambers says about Communism, "It is the vision of man's mind displacing God as the creative intelligence of the world. It is the vision of man's liberated mind, by the sole force of its rational intelligence, redirecting man's destiny.... This is not the same kind of wisdom that Elizabeth Goudge writes about, but this book has been full of "Aha!" moments for me. In the introduction to “Witness,” by Whittaker Chambers, Rebecca West says Chambers “writes as writers by vocation try to write, and he makes the further discoveries about reality, pushing another half-inch below the surface, which writers hope to make when they write.” Chambers says about Communism, “It is the vision of man’s mind displacing God as the creative intelligence of the world. It is the vision of man’s liberated mind, by the sole force of its rational intelligence, redirecting man’s destiny….

This is not the same kind of wisdom that Elizabeth Goudge writes about, but this book has been full of “Aha!” moments for me.

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