Bienvenue a la Time Capsule — un bulletin hebdomadaire qui me sert à la fois de journal public et d'album personnel. J'écris sur les choses qui me viennent à l'esprit et qui me tiennent à cœur dans l'espoir que ceux qui le liront y trouveront de la valeur et du plaisir, et peut-être aussi un peu de réconfort.
💭 Quote(s) of the Week
C’est cela l’amour, tout donner, tout sacrifier sans espoir de retour.
Albert Camus
✏️ On Happiness
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
United States Declaration of Independence
Happiness — that feeling of bliss; of tranquility of the heart; of peace of mind. To those who look within, it is the final end to which all means converge. Whether we are searching for money, status, or other worldly successes, what we really are looking for is happiness.
I am drawn to the Islamic interpretation of happiness — it is one that sees happiness not as a state, but as a continual process. Happiness is the sum total of your life, and can only be approximated through a life of excellence and virtue. To live in service of others, to be content with one’s lot in life, to work honestly for one’s daily bread, to give thanks, to forgive when one has been wronged, and to ask forgiveness after committing a wrong: these are the bricks along the road to happiness.
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
Aristotle
Happiness is elusive. Some days, it is strangled by envy and pride and wrath, and other days it shines like the morning sun, abundantly nourishing the soul. Like any good research question, understanding what you are looking for is the first step to designing the pathway to the answer. When we acknowledge and understand the nature of happiness, we are better able to move towards it.
📸 Photo(s) of the Week
📖 Book of the Week — Si tu es le Fils de Dieu par Jacques Ellul
Jacques Ellul, qui a plusieurs fois déjà traité les thèmes de la souffrance et de la tentation du Christ, parcourt avec nous les évangiles. Il aborde, bien sûr, les grands textes, mais s'attache aussi aux notations brèves, presque incidentes qui jalonnent le texte sacré. Il nous offre ainsi la synthèse particulièrement enrichissante qui montre un Christ étonnamment proche de nous, un Christ totalement homme et totalement Dieu, ayant en horreur le mal et la souffrance, mais préférant la voie de l'amour à la tentation permanente de sa propre toute-puissance.
💡 Food for Thought
Comme on fait son lit, on se couche.
🔭 Sunday Best
Compositeurs français!
Maurice Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte — J'adore cette chanson
Claude Debussy - Arabesque No.1 and No.2 — Il a composé ces deux arabesques dans la vingtaine.
Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No. 1 — La première de trois compositions, publiée en 1888
Au revoir!
AT