"When you begin to think outside the box, you often become some other "leaders" lousy follower. That usually costs something" (Andy Rayner)

"Our guardian angels are bored." (Mike Foster)

It's where I feel I'm at these days. “In the second half of life, it is good just to be a part of the general dance. We do not have to stand out, make defining moves, or be better than anyone else on the dance floor. Life is more participatory than assertive, and there is no need for strong or further self-definition” (Falling Upward. Richard Rohr.120).

Friday, August 5, 2011

Legal Wife Limits.

"'Kokoko', someone called at my door the Lengala equivalent of 'knock knock'.

Because my guest was another stranger, I braced myself for another dose of Congolese culture and went grudgingly out to greet him. He was a fiftyish man who announced that he had five young daughters who would make fine wives and he wanted me to go with him across town to meet them. I could pick up to four them, he explained, because that was the legal limit. 'Legal limit', I thought. Back home that would refer to deer hunting or snapper fishing. Thank goodness for limits in central Africa. "

(Things Are Different in Africa. Frederick Pitts. 2004, p 29)

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