tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11241173.post112130902559935241..comments2023-10-29T04:30:06.478-04:00Comments on Fakiegrind: Early the Birdflatlanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692458162486327189noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11241173.post-1121513840702782612005-07-16T07:37:00.000-04:002005-07-16T07:37:00.000-04:00Hi Dr. Flavour! Thank you for the illuminating wor...Hi Dr. Flavour! Thank you for the illuminating words.Perhaps the bird would have died anyways, but I feel like my own clumsiness and lack of knowledge on how to care for baby birds might have been partly to blame. He was a real fighter though! And it broke my heart to see him slowly fading during the course of the day. Still, I feel lucky to have gotten to witness such a marvel. When he lifted his head and opened his mouth to be fed, he was like a strange little flower.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11241173.post-1121484094042908272005-07-15T23:21:00.000-04:002005-07-15T23:21:00.000-04:00That was a beautiful journal entry. It reminded me...That was a beautiful journal entry. It reminded me of Scriptural passage, "Can you not buy two sparrows for a penny? And yet not one falls to the ground without your Father knowing." (Matt 10:29). An early and prominent Christian theologian, St. Jerome, said you couldn't take this remark literally, since God would never actually care about anything as insignificant as the passing of a bird. Jerome was under the influence of Platonism, and the neo-Platonic critics of Christianity, who thought the Christian God was not suitably dignified if concerned with the muddy minutia of the material world. But the whole thrust of the Gospel message points to the truth of that statement. That is, the humiliation involved in the caring for what is slight and fragile is a kind of greatness, the right kind. That may not help your sadness, but it's why I thought the story was beautiful even though it was sad.Fivelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18372096270386765870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11241173.post-1121340446404550222005-07-14T07:27:00.000-04:002005-07-14T07:27:00.000-04:00Nature is amazing. The picture of the baby bird ma...Nature is amazing. The picture of the baby bird makes one realize how fragile every living creature is - some of us just have thicker skin. You tried to help and that's what counts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com