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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Felix Culpa

Though there was no parden
for that day in the garden.
It became a felix culpa
When Adam and Eve chose to fall.

Thank you Adam
Thank you Eve
Because of you
We came to be

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/felix-culpa
Originally a religious term referring to consequences of the Biblical Fall of Man and the sins of Adam and Eve, a felix culpa is literally a "happy fault"—an apparent mistake or disaster that actually ends up having surprisingly beneficial consequences.

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