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July 07, 2005
filled with longing
Here is an awesome piece of writing. Dawn has described, in essential detail, the moments of longing which seem to characterize the finest moments of our lives. We all have these moments at some point, I'm sure of it. It's just that they happen at different times, places and contexts for each of us. Some feel it in the loneliness of a train whistle, others at the sound of bagpipes, others in the last days of summer at youth camp, when all the campers and staff have gone home. There are certain kinds of sadness which are better than any amount of laughter.
I believe this is because those moments for which we are filled with nostalgia are not truly gone. We think of ourselves as a simple point upon the line of progressing time, when actually we may be more like a cup into which the strand of time is being dropped. We observe from the rim of the cup, and are sorry when certain moments have dropped out of view, but in truth, they have only entered the cup, and are with us still. Someday, when we are more like what we were always meant to be, those collected moments in the cup may be even more fully ours than they ever were, even at the moment when we first experienced them. What we feel as longing now, may, in the long run, be more truly interpreted as thankfulness. That's what I think, anyway.
Posted by joel at July 7, 2005 03:06 PM
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this appears to be one of those days when great pieces [writing] appear to be the form ... dawn's piece was a great primer for your comments, it would seem, and i hope both generate more thoughtful responses from others who have, or have not, a looking glass experience to remember ... or an autumn day ... or a havdalah celebration ... or many other grains to be saved in our cup. i think it is time to go out and start creating more of those 'keepers'.
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at July 7, 2005 08:20 PM
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