photo credit: james harris gallery
the following is excerpted from deacon larry
You see, there are two kinds of thirsts in this world: Horizontal thirsts, and vertical thirsts.
Horizontal thirsts are for the things around us. They are driven by our heads. You thirst for food, drink, companionship, money, and all the things of this world because your head tells you that you want or need them. They are things you need to survive; things that give you pleasure; things that put you in control. Implicit in the search for them is your own will.
.... They saw the need to pursue the second kind of thirsts. These are the “vertical thirsts”; the things of the heart, things that truly lift spirits. Vertical thirsts are for life’s higher meaning.
so there is a story about the matter of 13 inches. such a short distance really. just a tad over a foot. but some say it the distance perhaps between heaven and hell. it is the distance between our heads and our hearts.
oh how my life could be changed if i could learn to pause when making my decisions until information has traveled that 13 inches. oh the things i have done for love when given time and the things i have done for selfishness with no thought of vertical thirst.
