Thought for the day ...

"That part of the gospel where Christ speaks of man's life as a seed cast into a furrow […] seemed to illuminate the whole of life for me. It made everything simple and marvellous. It included within itself everything, from the most primitive breaking of the soil to Christ himself with the parables of agriculture and the majestic symbolism of his passion, his death and resurrection. "I am the bread of life." "This is my body that is broken for you." That image has a universal meaning for me, especially when I can stand among the ripening fields all summer."

- George Mackay Brown, born on this date in 1921