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173. I stood up at my computer and applauded your post.. Thank you.Updated at 12:11 AM
Edited on Fri Jun-26-09 03:37 PM by BrklynLiberal
Well said, and well felt. I agree with all you said. Any reminder of our mortality is bound to affect us


:yourock: :fistbump: :pals: :hug: :loveya: :hi: :thumbsup: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

We should all remember John Donne's Meditation XVII
"All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated...As therefore the bell that rings to a sermon, calls not upon the preacher only, but upon the congregation to come: so this bell calls us all: but how much more me, who am brought so near the door by this sickness....No man is an island, entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."



see here for full meditation...
http://www.online-literature.com/donne/409/
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   K & R  Better Believe It   Jun-26-09 03:34 PM   #174 
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            Awe, thanks.  ShortnFiery   Jun-26-09 07:11 PM   #188 
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   I hate ideologues who think that we can't enjoy ourselves until the world is perfect.  Odin2005   Jun-27-09 07:21 PM   #192 
 

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