thoughts on the news of the day: nobel prize

hmmm…..

            The 2011 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to Tomas Transtromer, a Swedish poet.  The Swedish Academy that awards the prize said of Traontromer:  “through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality.”  Mr. Transtromer, also known as a psychologist was stricken with a stroke in 1990 which render him unable to speak. In spite of this infirmity, he went on to publish a collection of poems titled, “The Great Enigma.”

            Transtromer wrote:

            Mission: to be where I am.

            even in that ridiculous, deadly serious

            role – I am the place

            where creation is working itself out.

            It is a brilliant quote to me because it is so much where we all are.  Creation is working itself in each one of us daily.  And we can choose whether we want to be a part of that creation, or reject it and suffer the consequences of that rejection.

            Each day is a new one in which we can be a part of the creation which God provides.  So go out there and create!  You may not win the Nobel Prize, but our world will be all the better for it.

            hmmm…..