Chapter 95
The Point of Light That Holds Everything
So she who doth imparadise my soul, Had drawn the veil from off our pleasant life, And bar'd the truth of poor mortality; When lo! as one who, in a mirror, spies The shining of a flambeau at his back, Lit sudden ore he deem of its approach, And turneth to resolve him, if the glass Have told him true, and sees the record faithful As note is to its metre; even thus, I well remember, did befall to me, Looking upon the beauteous eyes, whence love Had made the leash to take me. As I turn'd; And that, which,…
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Critical Thinking Exercise
Map Your Fixed Point
Name the fixed point your team or institution should orbit (one sentence, first cause not slogan). List three circles around it from nearest to farthest. Mark each circle's motion (swift or slow) and virtue (high or low). Note one mismeasure where span outruns virtue.
Consider:
- •Nearest centre should show intenser love and swifter alignment
- •Outer breadth alone is not blessedness
- •Seeing the point precedes loving the mission well
Journaling Prompt
Write about someone whose virtue was greater than their title span, and someone whose span exceeded their virtue.
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