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what i liked about it:

i like that it's so thought-provoking! it inspired me to write a poem, actually. and i'm thinking on how to word more to put them to paper. mostly i've realised how i can and must defend my faith: become the truest, most honest sense of me as i witness to it. but also, there are snatches of sciences, philosophies st. augustine describes in so beautifully, almost like poetry.

book 13 » st. augustine talks of sound being made to form a tune rather than tune to form sound. how a sound cannot be more than a tune because it is the tune which makes a sound beautiful.

it just brings to mind how as man we are made to form a relationship, a fellowship with God — how there is this sense of beauty that can be found only in the music of having a relation with God. makes me feel such awe, is all.

and you meet ignorance at the gate
to heaven's home, path laden with gold.
he laughs with a boisterous laugh.
once respected, now debauched by the—

damned. little faith was his once-name.
journeying for great faith, but suddenly—


—excerpt of the poem i was inspired to write earlier (2023)

we're almost done!! binge-listening to one straight book in a day is rlly hard especially when the narrator/s sound so soothing, huhu

spotify audiobook link is over at my bio if you'd like to read as well <3

i'm making it a relevant poem! 🥳 hopefully will finish today, too c:

book four: chapter thirteen

(watch me start another book and leave the rest to gather dust T^T)

next → book 4: chapter 5
« audiobook »

book » The Old Testament: Exodus 12-14

finished » Crossing the Red Sea (14:—31)
next passage » The Song of Moses (15:—21)

« quote verse »
"The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent." (14:14)

book » Old Testament: Exodus

finished » A Final Plague Threatened (11:1-10)
next » The Passover (12:1-28)

finished » 1: Understanding ADD
next » 2: Lifestyle Solutions

finished » 1.3: John the Baptizer
next » 1.4: Preparation for Ministry

"The Nash equilibrium, once it is explained, sounds obvious, but by formulating the problem of economic competition in the way that he did, Nash showed that a decentralized decision-making process could, in fact, be coherent -- giving economics an updated, far more sophisticated version of Adam Smith's great metaphor of the Invisible Hand."

- Prologue"

"The Nash equilibrium, once it is explained, sounds obvious, but by formulating the problem of economic competition in the way that he did, Nash showed that a decentralized decision-making process could, in fact, be coherent -- giving economics an updated, far more sophisticated version of Adam Smith's great metaphor of the Invisible Hand."

- Prologue

The Holy Bible: Old Testament

→ previous: "the fourth plague: flies" (8:20-32)
→ finished: exodus 9-11, esv (13'42")
→ next: "the passover" (12:1-28)

"And he said to them, 'Go, serve the LORD your God. But which ones are to go?'

"Moses said, 'We will go with our young and our old. We will go with our sons and daughters and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the Lord. (10:8-9)"

» previous: making bricks without straw (5:1-22)
» finished: exodus 6-8, esv (17'40")
» next: the fifth plague: egyptian livestock die (9:1-7)

"I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians." → Exodus 6:7

finé » part one — think big, start small
next » part two — give it time

"There are many capable people who could lead one but never do because they're too busy wishing they could lead a thousand. Starting small helps you concentrate on what you can do now—which often paves the way for bigger things later."

"Don't despise those single small steps. Just take them."

finé » chapter two — diggory and his uncle
next » chapter three — the wood between the worlds

uncle andrew casts muddy waters on the good scientist's reputation :(( and his sister has a saint's long patience to have been dealin with his jaw for decades on

episode: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka Audiobook
podcast: The Free Audiobooks
website: Spotify

link:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5qMu...

time check » 2/2, 01:11:14

finished chapter » chapter 12
current chapter » chapter 13