Cascade II
The Cascade of Days
A life is mostly ordinary days. What we do with a Tuesday, repeated, becomes what we did with our years.
On Habits
“By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.” Confucius, c. 500 BC
On Rising and the Morning
“How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep.” Proverbs, c. 700 BC
On Money and Enough
“He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.” Ecclesiastes, c. 300 BC
On Small Disciplines
“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.” Proverbs, c. 700 BC
On Simplicity
“Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.” The Gospel of Matthew, c. 80 AD
On Rest
“And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.” Genesis, c. 600 BC
On the Care of the Body
“Your prayer must be that you may have a sound mind in a sound body.” Juvenal, c. 120 AD
On Attention
“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.” The Gospel of Matthew, c. 80 AD