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"The Dangling Conversation"

 

It's a still life water color,

Of a now late afternoon,

As the sun shines through the curtained lace

And shadows wash the room.

And we sit and drink our coffee

Couched in our indifference,

Like shells upon the shore

You can hear the ocean roar

In the dangling conversation

And the superficial sighs,

The borders of our lives.

 

And you read your Emily Dickinson,

And I my Robert Frost,

And we note our place with bookmarkers

That measure what we've lost.

Like a poem poorly written

We are verses out of rhythm,

Couplets out of rhyme,

In syncopated time

And the dangled conversation

And the superficial sighs,

Are the borders of our lives.

 

Yes, we speak of things that matter,

With words that must be said,

"Can analysis be worthwhile?"

"Is the theater really dead?"

And how the room is softly faded

And I only kiss your shadow,

I cannot feel your hand,

You're a stranger now unto me

Lost in the dangling conversation.

And the superficial sighs,

In the borders of our lives.

 

by Paul Simon

 

 

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"Living is like tearing through a museum.

Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw,

thinking about it,

looking it up in a book,

and remembering -

because

you cannot take it in all at once."

 

Audrey Hepburn

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Two men look out the same prison bars;

one sees mud and the other stars.

- Frederick Langbridge

 

 

 

 

 

 

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True it is that we have seen better days.

 

 

Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.

 

 

The miserable have no other medicine but only hope.

 

 

What's done is done.

 

 

I have not slept one wink.

 

 

We are such stuff as dreams are made on, rounded with a little sleep.

 

 

Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest, lend less than thou owest.

 

 

Quotes of William Shakespeare

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It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

- Henry David Thoreau

 

 

 

 

 

 

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It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

- Henry David Thoreau

INS. A very great quote with so much truth hope all is ok ~ Huggs ~CD

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It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

- Henry David Thoreau

INS. A very great quote with so much truth hope all is ok ~ Huggs ~CD

 

CD

How are you doing today?

Seems it's been fairly rough for many of us.

I'm trying to keep myself distracted  ... trying not to lose my sanity. 

Hugs for you.

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Life just doesn't care about our aspirations, or sadness. It's often random, and it's often stupid and it's often completely unexpected, and the closures and the epiphanies and revelations we end up receiving from life, begrudgingly, rarely turn out to be the ones we thought.

Khaled Hosseini

 

 

 

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“The fragrance of white tea is the feeling of existing in the mists that float over waters;

the scent of peony is the scent of the absence of negativity: a lack of confusion, doubt, and darkness;

to smell a rose is to teach your soul to skip; a nut and a wood together is a walk over fallen Autumn leaves;

the touch of jasmine is a night's dream under the nomad's moon.”

 

― C. JoyBell C.

 

I love this one, Ins, thanks. Just beautiful, dear! 

I went up into our attic today to check on something, and came down with a scrapbook my son made when he was 7. I so miss my little boy. I shouldnt have looked at it...sigh.  :'( He's in college and doing well, so Im happy with that. I just wanted to feel sadness at the loss. I must sound strange, Im feeling strange today. 

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“If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.”

― Charles Bukowski, Factotum

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“The fragrance of white tea is the feeling of existing in the mists that float over waters;

the scent of peony is the scent of the absence of negativity: a lack of confusion, doubt, and darkness;

to smell a rose is to teach your soul to skip; a nut and a wood together is a walk over fallen Autumn leaves;

the touch of jasmine is a night's dream under the nomad's moon.”

 

― C. JoyBell C.

 

I love this one, Ins, thanks. Just beautiful, dear! 

I went up into our attic today to check on something, and came down with a scrapbook my son made when he was 7. I so miss my little boy. I shouldnt have looked at it...sigh.  :'( He's in college and doing well, so Im happy with that. I just wanted to feel sadness at the loss. I must sound strange, Im feeling strange today. 

 

Dear Ingrid,

I don't think you sound strange at all.

You sound very loving and caring and not afraid to be in touch with your feelings.

The fact is, there are times we are very sad, and we have every right to sit in that sadness and to feel what we are feeling.

It's almost as if we've been taught that sadness and tears are wrong.

It takes great strength to feel. 

You are a beautiful mother and beautiful friend.

I hope you realize this.

Love, Ins

 

 

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Life just doesn't care about our aspirations, or sadness. It's often random, and it's often stupid and it's often completely unexpected, and the closures and the epiphanies and revelations we end up receiving from life, begrudgingly, rarely turn out to be the ones we thought.

Khaled Hosseini

 

Powerful!

And who has not felt this way?

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“If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.”

― Charles Bukowski, Factotum

 

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“Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.”

― Khaled Hosseini

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Thank you, for this excellent quote, Mr. A! 

Hope you are doing as well as possible this Monday evening.

Big Hug

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Thank You Ins!

I hope You are doing fine aswell!!

Hugs! 

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Thank You Ins!

I hope You are doing fine aswell!!

Hugs! 

 

Thank You, Mr. A

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Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day

with no mistakes in it?

- L.M. Montgomery

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The sea always filled her with longing, though for what she was never sure.

- Cornelia Funke

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The sea always filled her with longing, though for what she was never sure.

- Cornelia Funke

Passing on thru Huggs ~ CD and INS. i like that quote i bet you could have written it!

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The sea always filled her with longing, though for what she was never sure.

- Cornelia Funke

 

"...the restless tide..."...?

As usual, the memory of the phrase is better than the memory of who said it...

Good Morning Dear Ins, and all who follow...

Sleep has become elusive, again, but welcome in its short visits...savored like sampler meals, and almost the same in satisfaction...a taste to tempt the senses, then gone, leaving a lingering want for just a little more...just one more bite...but the plate is empty and the fork is clean...sigh...

May your Tuesday be happy, your notions filled, and your visions clear...tex

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INS. I just read your blog looks like your getting hit pretty hard so hoping things get better very soon ! Huggs ~CD

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The sea always filled her with longing, though for what she was never sure.

- Cornelia Funke

Passing on thru Huggs ~ CD and INS. i like that quote i bet you could have written it!

 

Good Morning, CD

I definitely could have written that quote.

Sending hugs to you on this rainy Tuesday morning, my friend.

I hope you're being kind to yourself.

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The sea always filled her with longing, though for what she was never sure.

- Cornelia Funke

 

"...the restless tide..."...?

As usual, the memory of the phrase is better than the memory of who said it...

Good Morning Dear Ins, and all who follow...

Sleep has become elusive, again, but welcome in its short visits...savored like sampler meals, and almost the same in satisfaction...a taste to tempt the senses, then gone, leaving a lingering want for just a little more...just one more bite...but the plate is empty and the fork is clean...sigh...

May your Tuesday be happy, your notions filled, and your visions clear...tex

 

Good Morning, Tex

Oh, sleep.  That it could be uninterrupted lasting for many hours...

We had storms through the night that I could have perhaps slept through, but my dog

had his usual anxious reaction to the thunder.

Hope you find some relaxation this afternoon, Tex. 

Hugs for you!!

 

ps

 

Yes, I think there is an element of restlessness.

Definitely.