G.K. Chesterton Archives - AbigailWallace.com

Not Too Old: Imagination & A Second Childhood

I want to stay young till my dying day. I mean, I want to be amazed at the clouds and the bugs and the leaves and cross and empty grave. I want to be astounded by the wonder of it all.

Don’t you?

I read this poem 10 years ago and I can’t, thank God, get it out of my head.

Active Contentment: Puddings, Chimney-Pots & Dad’s Latte Froth

“True contentment,” G. K. Chesterton wrote, “is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.”

So how do we cultivate such contentment?

Chesterton’s surprising connection between /kənˈtent/ and /ˈkäntent/ has lately been a world of help to me.