--HELLO, KITTY
…I think about aging more than I should,
likely more than most people. I’ve never
been a fan of getting older. As a child
and teen, I was very, very shy and didn’t come out of my shell until my
freshman year of college. Most people
who know me think I’m outgoing, but really I’m that insecure 16 year old who
moved to a new school one day before Junior year, knew no one, and used to eat
lunch in the library, reading or writing (bad) poetry.
This morning my son left for a field
trip and a big, formal DECCA presentation.
I helped him dress in a suit and tie.
He’s 16. He’s six foot five. He looked so grown-up and handsome, a boy
almost a man.
In a year he’ll be off to college. He’s a terrific kid, talented and gifted in
so many ways. It’s going to be strange
when he’s gone.
Time is a mystifying thing. Anymore, I try not to think about it too
much. I understand how aging, how death,
is crucial. It makes life important. If we never aged or died, life wouldn’t hold
the meaning it does.
…Anyway, just some psycho-babble for the
weekend. Thanks for indulging me.
…Here are some things to think about:
"Every day one
should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting
and if at all possible speak a few sensible words.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“If you are trying to
transform a brutalized society into one where people can live in dignity and
hope, you begin with the empowering of the most powerless. You build from the
ground up.” Adrienne Rich
"Patience
is passion tamed." Lyman Abbott
"Poetry is indispensable--if
I only knew what for." Jean Cocteau
"Parents need to
fill a child’s bucket of self-esteem so high that the rest of the world can’t
poke enough holes to drain it dry." Alvin Price
"Man is
so made that whenever anything fires his soul,impossibilities vanish."
Jean de la Fontaine
"Victory
is sweetest when you've known defeat." Malcolm Forbes
"Let
everyone sweep in front of his own door and the whole world will be
clean." Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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