QUAN is for Quandary

Posted by tom | Oct 9, 2010

Every week Eden checks out a new stack of books from the library.  Not sure whether Theresa or Eden picked out "On Beyond Zebra!" by Dr. Suess ..., but it was on the stack and I put Eden to sleep with it somewhere around Wum or Nuh.

As it's always hard to tell whether Eden has truly gone to sleep (because Eden's left eyelid never completely shuts) and I don't recall reading the "On Beyond Zebra!" by Dr. Suess ... before, I kept on going. I particularly appreciated Quan

When you beyond Zebra,
Who knows .. ?
There's no telling
What wonderful things
You might find yourself spelling!
Like QUAN is for Quandary, who lives on a shelf
In a hole in the ocean alone by himself
And he worries, each day, from the dawn's early light
And he worries, just worries, far into the night
He just stands there and worries. He simply can't stop ...
Is his top-side his bottom? Or bottom-side top?

As with many of Dr. Suess' musings, it sounds like a philosophical exploration of "where do we find our sense of identity, place, meaning, reality."  Pray, as I have an appointment today which explores the possibility of a Veritas Forum in our Central PA, for the opportunity to create an outreach which will point students to the One which enables us to find our true identity, sense of place, understanding of meaning, grounding in the reality.

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