This line inspired me to think of 40 as the power of a good marriage to offer completeness: “If Abraham’s discovery of God is firsthand, Isaac’s is secondhand. There are many ways to be right. Knowing when to follow is one of them.” We each typically have 20 digits (fingers and toes) with which we can try to do as we please and go where we wish, but in a committed partnership, in a binding with a second set of hands and feet, so to speak, we are empowered to share and follow these wishes to act on them in a complementary way that may offer a more complete and meaningful life.
This line inspired me to think of 40 as the power of a good marriage to offer completeness: “If Abraham’s discovery of God is firsthand, Isaac’s is secondhand. There are many ways to be right. Knowing when to follow is one of them.” We each typically have 20 digits (fingers and toes) with which we can try to do as we please and go where we wish, but in a committed partnership, in a binding with a second set of hands and feet, so to speak, we are empowered to share and follow these wishes to act on them in a complementary way that may offer a more complete and meaningful life.