For You There Is No Greater Good than Beauty

August 1, 2020

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is service, in honor of Eid al-Adha, the Islamic Festival of Sacrifice, which this year is celebrated on July 31.

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A number poem for a director who has devoted his life to the creation of redemptive beauty:

For you there is no greater good than beauty,

In which you have invested your whole life,

Finding in your ecstasy your duty,

The daily grind for an ethereal booty,

Yielding grace for grit and joy for strife.

For you know well the wisdom of your longing,

Into which you pour your hopes and dreams,

Vested in the most profound belonging,

Each breath of which some sacred soul redeems.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Service

July 27: Let There Be Joy, Always Joy in Giving

July 28: Alain Is an Absolute Delight

July 29: Nine-Year-Olds Have Dreams That Dance and Sing

July 30: Thirty-Nine Is Often Full of Wonder

July 31: Each of Us Must Sacrifice Our Selves

August 1: For You There Is No Greater Good than Beauty