I have mental illness. Mind clarity is rare, too briefly and often too late. Old friends and acquaintances would look away when they see me. Yup, that unpopular. Of course, I get angry and hurt but deep down, I know I’d do the same too, if I saw 'me'. That’s the icy cold papercut truth. The illness cuts even deeper. I thank you for your readership. Your presence here makes me feel less alone. This blog helps me remember my true worth as a person, and how my own mind threatens it.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
The Real Tragedy
I pray hard that I'd never forget how this picture made me feel. Gerald Brenan ; "The real tragedy of life is that we forget. Happy moments come and go, our friends die, everything in the end is destroyed. But this could be endured if only a purer and sharper reflection were kept. Forgetfulness is the real death, for if there is anything we can save and hoard up, it is our memories. All the substances of our life is in them, so that to cease to recall, and be affected by our past experience, is to suffer a diminishment of our personality."
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