Perspectives

Right now I've been reading Annne of Green Gables, as I realize I've already said in my last post. The more I read that set of books, the more I love it. There's really much more to them than meets the eye...it actually affects the way you see life. It's one of the healthiest, summeriest, "goodest" things I've read. Everyone knows that in the first book Anne is a kind of overly-romantic, starry-eyed little girl that is furious about her hair--and Gilbert Blythe--and has a knck for disasters. But as the books progress, Anne grows in a wonderful sort of way, as do the stories themselves. As she reaches womanhood, all her dreamy-eyed romance stays with her...but it is no longer that of the little freckle-faced girl who longed to be Cordelia with gorgeous locks and marry a dashing stranger. She learns to love the small things and make peace with the ordinary...by always seeing how beautiful those things are. And she gets to know so many neat people that it's really a wonderful character study, and, I think, makes you more open to seeing the like-ableness in people you might otherwise have given an impatient shrug. I may be over-praising this series of stories, but I certainly think it worthwile to read them, especially if you find yourself stuck in a semi-gloomy or even just bored outlook on life. It's good to realize sometimes how much light and beauty and wonderful people there are in the world...and sometimes (dare I say often?) hiding in the most unexpeced places, if we'd only look a little harder, persist a little longer.
Anyhow, that's all I have to say at present...
Until later!