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I haven’t read that book yet, but own it. My TBR list gets longer and longer
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I haven’t read that book yet, but own it. My TBR list gets longer and longernice
?Yes Doxlamine will make you groggy for awhile next day
definitely worth it so farI haven’t read that book yet, but own it. My TBR list gets longer and longer
thanks. will have to find it somewhere in the housedefinitely worth it so far
Yes, that book is mind blowing and mind expanding. My favorite chapter is The Ethics Of Elfland. I recall the joke you made about calling C. S. Lewis St. Clive The Close Enough. I'd like it if we called Chesterton St. Gilbert The Almost There.cracked open Orthodoxy for the first time and the insights he has are mind blowing.
I'm a huge Chesterton fan, and I find some of his writing difficult. I can't always penetrate to what he's saying. But what I do understand is utterly brilliant. You should keep digging around.I personally found "Orthodoxy" a bit difficult to read, but as someone else used to say, "I am a bear of very little brain".
nicethanks. will have to find it somewhere in the house
indeed, the whole work is great.Yes, that book is mind blowing and mind expanding. My favorite chapter is The Ethics Of Elfland. I recall the joke you made about calling C. S. Lewis St. Clive The Close Enough. I'd like it if we called Chesterton St. Gilbert The Almost There.
I have his work on St. Thomas Aquinas somewhere....my dad wanted to read it. My whole bedroom looks like a library LOLI'm a huge Chesterton fan, and I find some of his writing difficult. I can't always penetrate to what he's saying. But what I do understand is utterly brilliant. You should keep digging around.
[posting in fellowship]indeed, the whole work is great.
Here is a bite-sized excerpt you might be able to appreciate:I personally found "Orthodoxy" a bit difficult to read, but as someone else used to say, "I am a bear of very little brain".
I understand the movement to canonize him in the RCC and am inclined to think he really IS a saint in the eyes of God, but the Chesterton Society went downhill when it became a Catholic Apostolate. With an official mission of converting people to Catholicism, they successfully turn away people who might be tempted to read him but are turned off by the “You’ll have to become Catholic if you do” approach. So I would prefer that he remain as he is, uncanonized in the RCC.[posting in fellowship]
I can entirely guarantee he will never be canonized by the RCC....not that it matters to the faithful of the Orthodox Church
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Be careful! That’s a decongestant. Can really constrict blood vessels, mess with blood pressure, cause AFIB; ask me how I know! I take this stuff called Donormyl. Not every night, but it's really effective, at least in helping me get back to sleep after waking up in the middle of the night. I manage 5 or six hours of sleep with it.
it’s all in God’s hands[posting in fellowship]
I can entirely guarantee he will never be canonized by the RCC....not that it matters to the faithful of the Orthodox Church
Not to go off topic
Has anyone tried melatonin? I take a gummy that has 2mg melatonin (any more than that is too much) chamomile, small amount of ashawaganda, valarian root and lavender, about 30 minutes before bed. I also have a tea with the same ingredients. I take Unisom (Doxylamine succinate) only on great occasion because my body can build a tolerance to it quickly, and has. And as Gurney pointed out it's not good to take a first .generation antihistamines on a daily basis.Be careful! That’s a decongestant. Can really constrict blood vessels, mess with blood pressure, cause AFIB; ask me how I know!
I once read somewhere that he wrote that book in just two weeks. If that's true it's amazing.I have his work on St. Thomas Aquinas somewhere....my dad wanted to read it. My whole bedroom looks like a library LOL
That’s amazing.I once read somewhere that he wrote that book in just two weeks. If that's true it's amazing.
St Justin Popovich rewrote his PhD dissertation from scratch in under a week because his original was lost.I once read somewhere that he wrote that book in just two weeks. If that's true it's amazing.
i’m not sure about the two weeks part, but it’s probably true. I do know that his secretary reported that he asked her to bring a number of books from the city, he took the top book off the stack, flipped through a few pages, and then proceeded to dictate the entire book from the top of his head.I once read somewhere that he wrote that book in just two weeks. If that's true it's amazing.
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