Our alienation, our boredom, our estrangement can be cured only by the recovery of a philosophical sanity that will allow us to meet *things* face to face. An egg is an egg, and must be saluted as such. And china is china, and all things are themselves: mushrooms and artichokes, wine and cheese, earth and stars and sky and ocean. It is *things* that matter, and our cure waits for the restoration of our ability to care about them.

Robert Farrar Capon in The Romance of the Word: One Man's Love Affair with Theology by Robert Farrar Capon

 

To Practice This Thought:
Think of some ways to express your respect for the things in your home or office.

 

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