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Scraps of Matter

June 7, 2020 by Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

 

All things summon us to death: nature, almost envious of the good she has given us, tells us often and gives us notice that she cannot for long allow us that scrap of matter she has lent…she has need of it for other forms, she claims it back for other works.”

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704)

We are but scraps of matter on borrowed time, waiting to be recycled into something else. Regardless of our human age, the atoms we are made of are billions of years old, on an endless transition from one form to another. We get to use them for an eye-blink … and then they move on. I find that oddly comforting!

And who knows, maybe one day some of “my” atoms will end up in a magnificent fossil like this one – wouldn’t that be grand? ♥

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  1. on June 7, 2020 at 9:07 am daleleelife101.blog

    Recycling perfection. Fabulous quote, I had not heard it before but will always remember it now. I hope you get your desire, a long time from now. You would make a magnificient fossil!


  2. on June 7, 2020 at 9:19 am Kate Serrurier

    Beautiful quote.


  3. on June 7, 2020 at 10:39 am Sue R

    That is really beautiful Celia. Wow. I spent half this week after a near death experience. I’d be happy being that pretty a fossil lol.


  4. on June 7, 2020 at 10:41 am Susan

    Nice and some day we will all be there!


  5. on June 7, 2020 at 11:40 am sandyt1408

    Would be comforting to believe our life had some purpose if we might revived into a beautiful shell. Lovely idea, thank you. Reminds me of that saying “Our children are only loaned to us for a little while”. Bless you and yours


  6. on June 8, 2020 at 9:08 am Itching for Hitching

    Gosh that is beautiful.



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