All Shall Be Well

As the blessed dame Julian of Norwich said, "All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well." And she also said, "Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. Everything passes away except God." And thus did I conclude that the blessed dame had a habit (haha) of saying all manner of things in trinities.

So too it is with the most puissant Argonaut, who in days past counselled me saying, "In our island are the evils of (parental) insecurity, (student) inadequacy, and (teacher) incompetency. It is certain that someone should profit from this insanity. Let it therefore be us, for at least we are competent, conscientious, and clever."

Half a day ago, I had lunch with several very kindly and decent fellow professionals. I learnt a lot about things I had guessed were true, and of which I had heard rumours. The whole thing was painful because it forced me to remember things best forgotten; and yet, it was a good thing because sometimes we must face that which we most dislike.

But all shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well. And if not, one might still have recourse to the extended vocabulary of one's ancestral legacy. Whatever that might be.

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Note: The good friar tells me that 'twas not Julian of Norwich but Teresa of Avila for the second quote. Blessed, both.