The Frith: A VISIT WITH MAMA BEAR AND OPA

Sunday, February 03, 2008

A VISIT WITH MAMA BEAR AND OPA

FRITH AND MAMA VISITED OPA AND MAMA BEAR AGAIN TODAY.

WE HAD A LOVELY SWIM, AND THEN ANOTHER MEMORABLE PIZZA PICNIC IN THE LIVING ROOM, WITH THE BEARS WEARING FRITH'S SWIMSUITS. FRITH INSISTED ON BRINGING FOUR SWIMSUITS ALONG "JUST IN CASE". JUST IN CASE IS HER SECOND FAVOURITE PHRASE THIS WEEK. THE NUMBER ONE FAVOURITE, IF YOU'LL PARDON THE EXPRESSION, IS A MASHUP OF "LITTLE BOY BLUE" AND "LITTLE BO PEEP" .. WAIT FOR IT..

"LITTLE BOY POOP".

WE ALSO MANAGED TO EXTRACT SOME OLD PHOTOS FROM MAMA BEAR'S CAMERA.

FRITH WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS OLD HERE I THINK..

WAS SHE EVER THIS TINY?

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Anonymous said...: How great to see these photos. What a great snow kitty...very creative.
love, Auntie Marianne; February 03, 2008 10:40 p.m.

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DERIVING FROM THE ANCIENT WORD "PRIYAS" MEANING "ONE'S OWN", FRITH'S ORIGINAL MEANING WAS PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE "THE PEACE ENJOYED WHILE AMONG ONE'S OWN FAMILY OR TRIBE" .. FRITH IS OFTEN TRANSLATED SIMPLY AS "PEACE".

THE FULL MEANING OF FRITH ENCOMPASSES PEACE BUT EXTENDS WELL BEYOND IT, TO COVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL AND ESSENTIAL FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN SOCIAL LIFE. THE TERM FRITH CAPTURED A HUGE PROPORTION OF EVERYTHING GOOD THAT COULD EXIST IN LIFE, AND ALL OF THESE GREW OUT OF THE ROOTS OF THE KINDRED ITSELF -- THE KINDRED RELATIONSHIP.

ANCIENT VIKINGS WOULD INVOKE AN AGREEMENT AMONG ALL PRESENT THAT ARGUMENTS AND DISAGREEMENTS ARE LEFT 'OUTSIDE' THE DOOR DURING CELEBRATION : A 'PROMISE' TO KEEP FRITH. ANYBODY WHO DID NOT RESPECT THIS WOULD HAVE LOST FACE AND ALSO HONOUR. IN THE OLDEN DAYS ONE WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE ALL WEAPONS OUTSIDE, TO ENSURE THAT DISCUSSIONS DIDN'T END IN BLOODSHED. SO FRITH IS AN AGREEMENT AMONG SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO RESPECT EACH OTHER TO KEEP 'PEACE'.

FRITH DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE SHOULD ALL GET ALONG; IT MEANS THAT WE SHOULD ALL STAND, AND ACT, FOR SOMETHING REAL AND MEANINGFUL, AND THAT THOSE OF US WHO FIND OURSELVES STANDING FOR ENOUGH OF THE SAME IMPORTANT THINGS SHOULD STAND TOGETHER, IN LIFELONG COMMITMENTS WITHOUT CONSTANTLY WEIGHING THE BENEFITS AGAINST THE COSTS.

IN ESSENCE, FRITH IS NOT AN ABSENCE, BUT A PRESENCE. IT IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF STRIFE; RATHER IT FILLS THE SPACES BETWEEN PEOPLE WITH SOMETHING THAT IS STRONGER AND MORE IMPORTANT, MORE MEANINGFUL, THAN STRIFE.

FRITH IS AN ACTIVE, DELIBERATE, MINDFUL PEACE.

The Frith

Sunday, February 03, 2008

A VISIT WITH MAMA BEAR AND OPA

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