Decision
Calling the
Disciples
Jesus Summons Matthew to Leave the
Tax Office
van Hemessen, Jan
Sanders
1536
Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
A real decision is measured
by the fact
that you've taken new action.
If there's no action, you haven't truly
decided.
~ Tony Robbins
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want
is that we never direct our focus;
we never concentrate our power.
Most people dabble their way through life,
never deciding to master anything in
particular.
~ Tony
Robbins*
Vicki
and I drove to Canon City on Tuesday and, on our way,
made
a
brief stop at the Air Force Academy.
What a
glorious day!!!
Especially after the harrowing weather we had
on Monday.
The
Arkansas River. It's a lot calmer now than
when some of us shot the rapids on it in
April, 1999!
Bettie
is one of my Alzheimer artists in our
Wednesday Memories in the Making
class.
On Thursday, Carmon invited several of us to his home for
lunch.
It is truly a working artist's home.
We
walked through the huge atrium to his studio.
Amazing!!!
He uses a lot of textiles and cloth, although he
painted
the
canvases on the wall. He also paints floor coverings
...
and
does many other things!!!
Carmon
made the coverings for the chairs and did his own
upholstering.
The
tablecloth is actually a quilt that he made.
Breuer Kitchen Chairs
MOMA
Collection
We used four chairs
like these (that Carmon did)
for our
luncheon since he needed extra chairs for his guests.
The four chairs
above are part of a MoMA Collection.
The man who insists
upon seeing with perfect clearness
before he decides
never decides.
~ Henri-Frédéric Amiel
January 18, 2009
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Second Sunday after
Epiphany)
Previous OPQs may be found
at:
*TED Talks:
Tony Robbins: Why we do what we
do, and how we can do it better
43The next day Jesus decided to go
to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." 44Now Philip was from Bethsaida,
the city of Andrew and Peter. 45Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found
him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph
from Nazareth."
John 1:43-51
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of
www.agnusday.org
1 Samuel 3:1-10
(11-20)
Psalm 139:1-6,
13-18
1 Corinthians
6:12-20
John 1:43-51
