“Old men ought to be explorers”
My love for poetry grows as I grow older, for there are some things about this world that can only be expressed in poetic form.
Recently I came across another fabulous line in T.S. Eliot’s poem “East Coker”, which is part of my favourite work of his, The Four Quartets: “Old men ought to be explorers.”
How true!
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December 11th, 2008 at 5:48 am
What are young men to do?
December 12th, 2008 at 12:59 am
TS Eliot doesn’t say. But that is a good question. Your thoughts?
Hey it was great to see you last week!
December 12th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
At what point does one become old? How tragic when old men become rigid over the wrong things. May God give us grace to finish well!
December 15th, 2008 at 5:55 am
Michael, It’s such a long time ago since I was in that category, but the Scripture intunction is paramount - “Study to show thyself approved unto God…” (2 Tim. 2:15, AV). It is my firm conviction that once the study of God’s word is begun in a true spirit it will equip with what is necessary to be explorers. Always remember, though, that those who climb Mount Everest begin in the foot hills