“The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.”
— Quintilian
I saw this elderly man in a train, sitting peacefully on the passage to the door. He was alone, or that was what I felt. In reality, the man had the Almighty by his side and his faith in the most precious gift ever given to him by God, life. He seemed to be lost in his own world, contemplating about infinite number of thoughts. He was alone, but not incomplete!
“Seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, all the time, and his hand in every happening; This is what it means to be contemplative in the heart of the world. Seeing and adoring the presence of Jesus, especially in the lowly appearance of bread, and in the distressing disguise of the poor.”
— Mother Teresa
Wow. Very enlightening dear.great post.
Thank you Nifti 🙂
as long as he was sitting in peace….
i will give a million dollars for few minutes of that…
you don’t need that, just take out some time for yourself; sit, relax and ponder.. 🙂
it is not easy to just relax ..
i am always running, to where i don’t know
lol I know it happens. We get so busy the whole time, and when we look back, we feel what kept us so busy 😀
yep..
What a thought…and what a post!
Keep it up!
Thanks for the appreciation! 🙂
There is nothing like having some quiet time, it reenergizes you!
Sorry, didn’t get your point?!
Lovely post. Thank-you for stopping by my site – nice to meet you!
Thank you, Cathy. Same here!
And, great work with that blanket 🙂
Thanks, Tapish! 🙂
I am so disappointed by its length. Shit, I thought that this old man will be lost in something and then something will happen, followed by something else and so on…
I want to write a story about this contemplative old man to compensate. 😉
But the last quote by Mother Teresa was extremely loaded. And I see this old man as an embodiment of all that she says and much more- an object of contemplation as well as a subject who can contemplate.
Something and something just stayed in my thoughts 😉
Sure, you must write about it, I would be glad to read that.
Yes, that quote perfectly sums up everything I wanted to speak through this photograph.
Loved the last few words of your comment, “…an object of contemplation as well as a subject who can contemplate”
Thanks for the amazing comment!
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Perfect… and you can feel the quiet around him.
Thanks a bunch!