Something of Myself
Thursday, July 08, 2004
Our scars are there to remind us that our past is real - Thomas Harris
"What will not happen will never happen, whatever effort one may put forth. And what will happen will not fail to happen, however much one may seek to prevent it. This is certain. The part of wisdom therefore is to stay quiet."
About Me
- Name: Pele
- Location: Gurgaon/Delhi/Calcutta, India
The Bible refers to Beelzebub as the Prince of all Devils. Milton's Beelzebub is an honorary figure - if Satan is the King of Hell, then Beelzebub is his chief counsel.
-
Sponsored Links
-
An Roy's Profile
Previous Posts
way to evade nervousness: jack daniel's and coke w... My Inner Hero - Paladin! I strive to help others... Shit scared, nervous to my bones and a set of wet ... Alien? Now that I am literally done with half of ... Hell its great to be drunk and FORGETTING who you ... This is one of the less-popular songs of Kishore D... Something Given The title of this post is taken f... No time to write about the highs and the lows... B... Bonotol phule phule dhaaka Dur nilimay othe chaand... Recap Terribly, terribly exhausted today. Read a ...
My links
Create Your Badge
6 Comments:
wear u scars like medals worn in battle. everyday, life is a battle. and the scars, proof that uve lived
sometimes we want to run away from those very memories ... why? if we could take it then wont we be able to take it now. if we could live through the thing itself, why are we so afraid of the memories?
That's a very good way of looking at it Prero. In fact, I love it much more than the original quote. Brilliant. Thank you.
However, on second thoughts I realised that my emphasis was on the "reality" of it all. This or that has happened to me - here is the proof, look closely - this is the scar. Yes, you could see it as medals but the idea of a "medal" implies a sense of achievement. Scars, I think, on the other imply a form of failure, almost as if we have disappointed ourselves. Remember Paradise Lost? Satan comes out of it unscathed in the first couple of books. Life is not like that always. We often come out the hellish phases scathed - and the scars (as I see it) pile on...one after the other...like a palimpsest. But I like your way of looking at the whole thing... :)
its like a car sweetie. u can keep it in the garage forever and it will be spotless. or u can take it out and drive the hell out of it ... it will get a lot of scrapes and dents ... but it will be a proud car - a car thats been out there and shown its stuff ...i dont know how to explain.
but what i mean is that, in living everyday - a thinking, feeling individual - will get hurt, will get scars - but they dont mean failure. not necessarily. a greater / more real failure is not having participated. the other kind is not real failure ... tai na?
I really love your comments. Admirable. All I'll say is that its the whole thing about whether the glass is half empty of half full? We'll talk about it when we meet, ok? Jombe. Ki bolish?
:)
Post a Comment
<< Home