Sunday, August 1, 2010

For to love and have more than thou reasonably needest, only for lust and liking, is a great fault. Also, to fix thy love upon the thing which thou needest, for the thing itself, is a fault also, but not so great. But to have and use that thing that thou needest without love of it, more than and need requireth, without which the thing cannot be used, is no fault. (John Climacus)

I have accumulated much more land than I need. I don't know about lust, but I like having the land. The selfish justification for purchasing the land has been to keep it from being purchased by others. I don't so much use the land as hold it in-trust. I like the wildness of the land and the wild things that very much need the land.

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