June 9
Companions of the Way (Morning)Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren and to strangers.
SOMETIMES one comes across a person with none of these uneasy ambitions, with whom living is a fine art; then one realises what a much more beautiful creation it is than books and pictures. It is a kind of sweet and solemn music. Such a man or woman has time to read, to talk, to write letters, to pay calls, to walk about the farm, to go and sit with tiresome people, to spend long hours with children, to sit in the open air, to keep poultry, to talk to servants, to go to church, to remember what his or her relations are doing . . . to hear confessions, to do other people's business, to be a welcome presence everywhere, and to leave a fragrant memory, watered with sweet tears. That is to live.
ARTHUR CHRIS- TOPIER BENSON
A HIGH HUMILITY