Views From the Ground Floor, Part IV: Blessed are the Meek

Interior, St. Savin

Blessed are the Meek,

For they shall inherit the earth.

Well, wouldn't you know it. Meek is not a Latin word.  It is from the old Norse, and it means soft or gentle.

To be soft or gentle means several different things by implication.

First of all, it means that if it is touched, it is sensual and pleasing to encounter. This is the physica…