Balzac says ...

"A man who boasts about never changing his views is a man who's decided always to travel in a straight line - the kind of idiot who believes in absolutes." Pere Goriot
To be continued ...

Death song

You know how sometimes you are just so caught up in your own litle pit of misery, wallowing in the angst, the pain, and regardless of admonishing yourself that 'The answer lies not in these 4 walls' or 'What was was, is not, shall not be' or 'Stay focussed, keep moving', but then something comes along and just slaps you so hard that it makes a ray of sense? That was this:

Death is before me today:
Like the recovery of a sick man,
Like going forth into a
garden after sickness.

Death is before me today:
Like the odour of myrrh,
Like sitting under a sail
in a good wind.

Death is before me today:
Like the course of a stream;
Like the return of a man
from the war-galley to
his house.

Death is before me today:
Like the home that a man longs to see,
After years spent as a captive.

Anyway, was an interesting realisation that most people are born, and then spend most of their time 'looking forward to death', but as something to be feared ... there is always so much more to be done?
Was from the collection of Sandman ('Preludes & nocturnes') where his sister (Death) takes him for a walk on her daily rounds, and he realises that it is all natural, part of the cycle of existence, so why fear it?
For me, death is not to be feared, except as impacts on others ... a period of resting before going onwards ...

oh ... to think about

From ica:
Girls are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the tree. The boys don't want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they just get the rotten apples from the ground that aren't as good, but easy. So the apples at the top think something is wrong with them, when in reality, they're amazing. They just have to wait for the right boy to come along, the one who's brave enough to climb all the wayto the top of the tree.
Hmm ...

Oh joy, oh joy ... here we go!!!

Yahoo for the man!
What a feeling!!!
Got home, having just been out to parents
[complex: Legal Aid wanted to do further interview, a 'Just what sort of person are you?' (trans. 1. What was your favourite job? Why? 2. What are your strengths/weaknesses, and how do they contribute to a team situation? 3. Why does working p/t or casual suit you?), but demanded a landline number, claiming 'mysterious drop outs' when previously calling mobiles (must have been non-Telstra mobiles?), so I nominated parents place. Also gave me an opportunity to go out there, check on Ma/Sis, and go to Ikea to (finally) get that saucepan set ... except Sis was having a hissy fit (a la Daddy), so in the end just went home]
and decided that was worth my while to spend more money, but get pans that were a better quality, last longer, etc.
So went back to Executive chef and got:
Chef Inox 1.2l
Profiline 3l
cheeky little 20cm iron frypan
Messermeister bread knife
baby whisk
Was SO elated walking back, felt so elevated, so released from daily concerns (except for the drawback of this electric stovetop) ... can cook ... create ... enjoy ...
So toddled down to Coles and picked up a few more necessities (such as pasta, oats, cous cous, rice bran oil (which I sort of needed also to season the frypan with), eggs/milk, pancake mix to play with frypan, and rice, glorious rice) ... am good to go ... sort of, but you know what I mean ... ;) and then cooked up some food ... bit of shark laid on top of spicy (OMG that chilli was hot!!!) vegies - oh, and also got my first delivery of Food connect box of goodies ... $28/week, but am unsure if 'great' value for money in terms of quantity ...
Oh, and also came across a rather cheeky little 'Classic dry white' wine, apparently made from organically grown grapes, down at my 'favourite' little alcohol shop (Nextar on Boundary Street) ... have to say am surprised by relative quality too ...
Suppose I best go eat it, hey?