tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post8818653513208125485..comments2024-03-16T12:33:09.741-05:00Comments on <center>Landscape Plotted and Pieced</center>: The DonkeyKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-42182709019731304302011-04-18T14:39:44.107-05:002011-04-18T14:39:44.107-05:00I just took away a moral for myself from each .......I just took away a moral for myself from each ....<br /><br />*dont think more highly of myself than I ought*Dana in Georgiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973506073487871220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-45551344119423729052011-04-18T11:49:18.355-05:002011-04-18T11:49:18.355-05:00I don't think so either. I first read the Che...I don't think so either. I first read the Chesterton poem several years ago and only read the Aesop story a few weeks ago. When I first read the poem I had the sense that being chosen by Christ was an honor -- that the donkey is forevermore ennobled, in a sense, by having bourne the Christ in his triumphal entry.<br /><br />But then I read the fable and wondered if Chesterton was saying the same thing as Aesop. I can't explain it either, but the tone or something about the way the poem comes across makes me think not.<br /><br />And then there's the legend that the reason the donkey has a cross on his back is because the little one that carried Jesus into Jerusalem wished he had also been able to carry his cross for him up Calvary. When the shadow of the cross fell over his back, it stayed there because of his love for Christ.<br /><br />It's interesting how Christ's death and resurrection changed everything -- even the status of the donkey.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144372.post-21477936045672242082011-04-18T11:31:23.199-05:002011-04-18T11:31:23.199-05:00Been thinking about this all morning and having re...Been thinking about this all morning and having read both renderings several times, I dont think so, but not sure I can explain it succintly.<br /><br />Will keep pondering...Dana in Georgiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973506073487871220noreply@blogger.com