A good time to remember those that have fallen in the name of something greater than themselves. Whether it be in a moment of silence, or participating in an organized event, it is important to never forget the events of the past, no matter how troubling they are.
I watched the Fab Five last night, they are truly wonderful folks and I like their show. Today would have been a dear friend's birthday, whom passed away during the summer after an heroic battle. I miss his prescence, he would have fit in to the Fab Five dynamic - an amazing art historian whom loved ABBA and the Spice Girls, with impecable taste, honour, and an unbelievable sense of humor. I miss his friendship all the time. On the flipside, Ken's best friends' birthday also happens to be today, and I am very proud of the man he is and the job he does. Today is meaningful in so many different ways, no less poignant.
I watched the Fab Five last night, they are truly wonderful folks and I like their show. Today would have been a dear friend's birthday, whom passed away during the summer after an heroic battle. I miss his prescence, he would have fit in to the Fab Five dynamic - an amazing art historian whom loved ABBA and the Spice Girls, with impecable taste, honour, and an unbelievable sense of humor. I miss his friendship all the time. On the flipside, Ken's best friends' birthday also happens to be today, and I am very proud of the man he is and the job he does. Today is meaningful in so many different ways, no less poignant.
3 comments:
Shit.
Yer over here being all "deep" and "introspective" and I'm blogging about crap (as usual).
Bah.
(((hugs))) to you for all of the above. K?
Agreed, but not sure about the statement 'greater than themselves'. A good topic for debate there... does a life lost justify life lived by others? Also a thought for the present and people still struggling in battles about.... power, money, oil, and the concept of democracy
X Kel
It is a great topic for debate because on one hand there are the ideals that people don a uniform for/fight for and then there are other reasons too, everyone is motivated differently and not always offered a choice, and given today's money/oil/power/supremacy fights things have really shifted in this regard in terms of conflicts, or have they really? But when you look at the loss of a life, someone fighting for something they believe in for others, or to protect themselves (their own), and then their sacrifice has an impact on those that come after, is it worth the price? Easy to get caught up in a quagmire, philosophy versus real life, those are real people out there, impacted by this every day - but then there are so many edges to this, because every one has a different value on a life, and then there are different sets of global issues too, such as environmental degradation that doesn't care about borders, or disease, which doesn't disciminate, or the air we breathe, natural (and unnatural) disasters - on the flip side it brings out the the part of me that says that there is room for difference the challenge is figuring out how we can work together within those differences to move in to a viable future.... XOX
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