Forgetting that we had lived

I've already said that my google reader is a little out of control, with bits and pieces here and there. And despite all the rules of blogging floating about, amongst the blogs I enjoy most are those that post sporadically, on unexpected things, so I am pleased to leave them sitting there and wait. And today I found a little treasure over at Will God Keep Gumtrees? in this quote from Marilynne Robinson's Gilead, and in the context of the post (and in the poetry too!).

I rewatched Shadowlands the other night, how I loved it, and everyone probably remembers the line "the pain then is part of the happiness now", in reference to Joy's approaching death. Well, it would make sense to me if, similarly, the sorrow now will actually become part of, and enhance, the joy of heaven.

I really have to read Gilead. I have been holding off on a Book Depository order, but I think it is about to happen.