I kept calling to you, and you did not come

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I imagine that God speaks to me, saying simply,
‘I kept calling to you, and you did not come.’
And I answer quite naturally,
‘I couldn’t come until I knew
there was nowhere else to go.’

~ Florida Scott Maxwell, The Measure of My Days

Florida Pier Scott-Maxwell (1883 – 1979) was a playwright, author and psychologist. Florida Pier was born in Orange Park, Florida, and educated at home until the age of ten. She grew up in Pittsburgh, then moved to New York at age 15 to become an actress. In 1910 she married John Scott Maxwell and moved to her husband’s native Scotland, where she worked for women’s suffrage and as a playwright. The couple divorced in 1929 and she moved to London. In 1933 she studied Jungian psychology under Carl Jung and practised as an analytical psychologist in both England and Scotland. Her most famous book is The Measure of My Days (1968).

Sources: Poem – Thank you Make Believe Boutique. Photograph: Sundog In the Sky by Lechef Photography.

18 thoughts on “I kept calling to you, and you did not come”

  8. I found this simple truth after trying to go my own direction for a couple of years– and failing miserably. Once I gave up hope in my own ambitions, I heard the simple voice of God giving me the right direction. I am happy now than I have ever been, all because I listened.

  9. Smiling. The essence of this Blog (for me) is the diversity of the posts. I never knew about (most of the authors/Bloggers) who have so beautifully shared their feelings and experiences that one can only wonder… I refuel my Soul with such kind of readings. Thank you so very much David for doing so much for us. 🙂

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