LuckyAlbatross
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So I'm sitting here a bit depressed- because the flights did eventually leave and in two hours I could have been arriving in Austin after all. But at the time I made the choice, it seemed like the best option rather than spending the night at the airport and shuffling things all around. As I sat here in my old bedroom, I thought I'd look for some old toys I used to have. All of "my stuff" that I left behind is now in boxes in the closet. I open one- barbie stuff, empty cd cases, and then I open one and it has my high school memory book. It has been lost to me for years!!! I loved looking through it again, I'm a total memorabilia collector and I still have class pictures and patches from elementary school. I can't wait to show it off and scan the pictures. But one interesting thing I found was this, from a keychain I made in May of 1997 when I was 17. On one side I have a poem that I felt embodied a deep sense of myself: We part at the crossroads. You leave with your joys and problems, I with mine. Alone, I look down the road. Each one must walk ones own path. The world is dazzling, I alone am dull. Others strive for achievement, I follow a lonely path. On the other side is a quote from Deng Ming-Dao: Upon completion comes fulfillment. With fulfillment comes liberation. LIberations allows you to go on. Even death is not a true ending. LIfe is infinite continuation. The year's end is coming; I feel great contentment. Completion means rest. Rest means renewal. Renewal means new beginnings. Thanks to the universe for shoving my ass down this path.
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