“Of so little weight are the greatest services to Princes,
when put into the balance with a refusal to gratify their passions.”
This is a quote from Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift. I’m reading it for a book club I joined with my local book shop, Symposium. Yep, I’m getting out there…mixing with the people. I decided to join something, enroll in something, etc. to bring something into my life that isn’t work.
Tonight was the first class. I’ve never been part of a book club, so I wasn’t really sure what to expect. My friend Inga warned me not to let the pseudo-intellectuals tell me what to think. I wondered if the discussion would be over my head or if the class would be full of book snobs. I attended, I contributed, I made a couple of pretty good points (if I do say so myself), I even quoted the text at one juncture. *She beams with self-pride* I felt smart. I felt part of something. It felt good.
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