Today we celebrate the birth of Leonardo da Vinci, famous for many things but especially the Mona Lisa and The last Supper. Though known for his paintings he is also a man of great insight.
Below are a few insights from him:
"I love those who can smile in trouble, who gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles until death."
"People of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happen to things."
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions."
"While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die."
"Our Life is made by the death of others."
This last insight reminds me of the first reading of today where Peter mentions the death of Jesus hanging on a tree.
Our life is made by the death of others, by the death of Him. Hanging on a tree. What a death it was. For us What a life to receive.
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