- I don't know hardly anything
- grace is the most valuable "thing" there is
- I am no better than the worst criminal
- no one will ever know how old the universe is
- loneliness sucks
- life is difficult, and there aren't always ways to "fix" the difficulties
- there is a real universe out there, even if we only know it through the interface of our individual thoughts, feelings, and sensations
- there's too much to read (even if no one ever wrote another word again)
- there's too much noise (in the world and in my soul)
- pencil and paper bring a type of happiness that I can't get with a computer
- much of what I believe may well be wrong
Thursday, January 18, 2007
The Fruit of My Aging
The older I get the more I come to believe that:
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Maybe we do get *wiser* as we get older. ;-)
You know, there's a place where I came to be at peace with the possibility of being wrong. Its kind of liberating actually. :)
Everything you have spoken of is so true. Amazing the things we come to learn, love, and appreciate as we get older.
Nice post and I completely empathize with the not being able to fix things... been something I've tried to learn since I was 12 or so...
I agree wholeheartedly with many of those thoughts...thanks for sharing...
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