On Andrew Sullivan’s “Daily Dish” blog for The Atlantic Magazine I found the following:
StrategyOne polled Americans (n=1,000 telephone survey) October 9-12, 2009 with the following question:
“People often use metaphors to describe their life… Which ONE of the following do you think best describes your life?”
A Journey: 51%
A Battle: 11%
The Seasons: 10%
A Novel: 8%
A Race: 6%
A Live Performance, Like a Play: 5%
A Carousel: 4%
Other: 2%
Unsure: 2%
Are you a “journey” person or do you have another word to describe your life? I think I’m on a quest.
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Eric 10.19.09 at 11:53 am
I really like your choice of “quest”. For myself I find I need to call it “guided quest”.
Maura 10.19.09 at 12:51 pm
It all depends upon the day… but lately I’ve been feeling like I’m in the novel Don Quixote.
Michelle 10.19.09 at 8:29 pm
A book…beginnings, ends, plot twists and all!
ronrobjoe 10.20.09 at 4:25 pm
A Journey – most mysterious and wonderful and accompanied by some of the nicest and wisest people – the Jesuits and the RC’s.
Paul 10.21.09 at 10:42 am
Eric,
We’ll ignore the fact that you have doubled the word count!
Paul
Paul 10.21.09 at 10:43 am
Maura,
You went way beyond one word, but I do get a great sense of what you’re facing with the Don Quixote reference.
Paul
Paul 10.21.09 at 10:44 am
Michelle,
It is, indeed, a good thing to be a person of the book.
Paul
Paul 10.21.09 at 10:45 am
Ronrobjoe,
Welcome to People for Others. A journey speaks powerfully to us, doesn’t it? Let’s hope there are occasional rest stops along the way.
Paul
Ron Montpetit 10.22.09 at 6:52 am
Yes it does Father Campbell.
Thank you for the welcome.
I echo your hope that there be “rest stops’ along the way and trust in providence that such will be so, for you, for me and all we love.
Ron
Nick 10.27.09 at 5:55 am
“Pilgrimage” is the way I think of as our journey through life. Love the blog.
Every best wish
Nick
ADRIAN 10.30.09 at 7:50 am
For me, life is a LESSON. Learning the easy lesson is important. If not, we learn it the hard way. If we do not learn the lesson, it will repeat and repeat. We only know that we have learned the lesson, if our actions change.