Comme Je Trouve

I’ve never been big on genealogy, though sometimes the past reaches out to me. I know that my forebears came from Scandinavia, and that some made their way to Kilkenny, Ireland. There, in 1538, they founded Kilkenny College. The college remains, open and active. The family motto, “Comme Je Trouve” … French for “As I Find” … is engraved over the entryway. The notion is to overcome obstacles as they present themselves … to not dither, but to surmount one hurdle, one stumbling block, one obstacle at a time. “Comme Je Trouve” … “As I Find” … words to live by from the distant past. 

Photo of Kilkenny College. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons