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Re: shaking my fists at the sky
On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, rhys daily wrote:
> ithink it's cos we wern't meant to be temporary.
I'm not convinced of that, personally. I've often thought of it as a sort
of larva-pupa thing. I have long speculated that death was just a
transition from one form of existence to another. "I" will carry on, but
in what sense I will continue to be "I", I'm not sure. I'm not always
sure in what sense I continue to be the "I" that I was 20 years ago, for
that matter. Our *form* at any given moment is inherently temporary, and
in one sense, death just marks a change from one form to another.
I know that probably sounds awfully cerebral, but, well, that's how I've
tended to look at it. Which isn't to say that I'm not attached to the
form I take at any given moment -- there are things about myself, and my
life, that I am definitely going to miss when they go.
> it's easy to accept something that has never happened. not to be mean.
That's true. But I *have* lost a friend. And visiting her parents' home
in Saskatchewan (I was friends with her brother before I got to know her,
so I still have reason to go back once every few years) is a strange
experience, because I can feel her missing, and even now, I never know
whether to mention her, or how, in the presence of her parents and
siblings. It kind of reminds me of the friend of mine who left his wife
for another woman, shortly after he and his wife had their first kid; I
stay in touch with his ex-wife (who has since re-married), and when I
visit, I feel my friend's absence, and I miss his presence terribly, and
I'm never entirely sure how to talk about him there, either.
--- Peter T. Chattaway --------------------------- peter at chattaway_com ---
If true love never did exist how could we know its name? -- Sam Phillips
Happiness happens but I want joy. -- Marjorie Cardwell
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