This Momentous Day
The following excerpt from Dean Koontz novel, "From the Corner of His Eye", is a must read, for it has the ability to change lives and put things into perspective for us all on the repercussions of even our smallest actions (same goes for the book itself).
Not one day in anyone's life is an uneventful day, no day without profound meaning, no matter how dull and boring it might seem, no matter whether u are a seamstress or a queen, a shoeshine boy or a movie star, a renowned philosopher or a Down's-syndrome child.
Because in every day of ur life, there are opportunities to perform little kidnesses for others, both by conscious acts of will and unconcscious example.
Each smallest act of kindness - even just words of hope when they are needed, the remembrance of a birthday, a compliment that engenders a smile - reverberates across great distances and spans of time, affecting lives unknown to the one whose generous spirit was the source of this good echo, because kindness is passed on and grows each time it's passed, until a simple courtesy becomes an act of selfless courage years later and far away.
Likewise, each small meanness, each thoughtless expression of hatred, each envious and bitter act, regardless of how petty, can inspire others, and is therefore the seed that ultimately produces evil fruit, poisoning people whom u have never met and never will.
All human lives are so profoundly an intricately entwined - those dead, those living, those generations yet to come - that the fate of all is the fate of each, and the hope of humanity rests in every heart and in every pair of hands.
Therefore, after every failure, we are obliged to strive again for success, and when faced with the end of one thing, we must build something new and better in the ashes, just as from pain and grief, we must weave hope, for each of us is a thread critical to the strength - the very survival - of the human tapestry.
Every hour in every life contains such often-unrecognized potential to affect the world that the great days for which we, in our dissatisfaction, so often year are already with us; all great days and thrilling possibilities are combined always in THIS MOMENTOUS DAY!
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"Brighten the corner where u are, and u will light the world!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ From Dean Koontz' Novel, "From the Corner of His Eye" ~
Not one day in anyone's life is an uneventful day, no day without profound meaning, no matter how dull and boring it might seem, no matter whether u are a seamstress or a queen, a shoeshine boy or a movie star, a renowned philosopher or a Down's-syndrome child.
Because in every day of ur life, there are opportunities to perform little kidnesses for others, both by conscious acts of will and unconcscious example.
Each smallest act of kindness - even just words of hope when they are needed, the remembrance of a birthday, a compliment that engenders a smile - reverberates across great distances and spans of time, affecting lives unknown to the one whose generous spirit was the source of this good echo, because kindness is passed on and grows each time it's passed, until a simple courtesy becomes an act of selfless courage years later and far away.
Likewise, each small meanness, each thoughtless expression of hatred, each envious and bitter act, regardless of how petty, can inspire others, and is therefore the seed that ultimately produces evil fruit, poisoning people whom u have never met and never will.
All human lives are so profoundly an intricately entwined - those dead, those living, those generations yet to come - that the fate of all is the fate of each, and the hope of humanity rests in every heart and in every pair of hands.
Therefore, after every failure, we are obliged to strive again for success, and when faced with the end of one thing, we must build something new and better in the ashes, just as from pain and grief, we must weave hope, for each of us is a thread critical to the strength - the very survival - of the human tapestry.
Every hour in every life contains such often-unrecognized potential to affect the world that the great days for which we, in our dissatisfaction, so often year are already with us; all great days and thrilling possibilities are combined always in THIS MOMENTOUS DAY!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Brighten the corner where u are, and u will light the world!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ From Dean Koontz' Novel, "From the Corner of His Eye" ~
14 Comments:
I am reading From the Cornor of His Eye right now. It is such an amazing book, and I am so glad that I get to read it!
I have just finished reading the book and was so pleased to find your blog! Dean Koontz is a wonderful writer.
Geoff, Weymouth UK
From the Corner of His Eye was the first Dean Koontz book I ever read and it continues to tug at my heart strings to this day.
Even though I don't like Koontz as a writer, and don't think his books are hold any literary merit since he's so blinded by his own religious views, I find this passage quite interesting and one of the few positives from the writer's works.
I was just thinking about this book,that quote and condidering writing about it.
Love the book, love the quote.
I'm reading this book now, first Koontz book I've read, and when I got to this exact quote,I had the urge to rip the page out and hang it somewhere, to read every day. Great writer, great book. And contrary to an above "anonymous" commenter, I think Koontz's Catholic religion is what inspires him to thoughts like these.
I read this book about 7 years ago and still remember the enlightenment I found within its pages, much as I do in remembering what Khalil Gibran wrote concerning love in his book The Prophet. Great post!
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