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[Poll #1231011]

*Thanks to Anaïs Nin, Madeleine L'Engle, Ethel Barrymore, Henri Bergson, Mary Beth Danielson, Sydney J. Harris.



I wanted to use this quote from Barry Lopez, but I couldn't fit it into the size limitations of the poll maker without doing serious injury to it:

"How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one's culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light."

—Barry Lopez

Date: 2008-07-28 05:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] will-couvillier.livejournal.com
I was an odd one out. When I was way young, my mother outright told me that she thought I was born old. I just never had the need for most of the games and peer problems of growing.

Lots of whay I've seen over the years tells me that this is not the norm.

Date: 2008-07-28 05:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] will-couvillier.livejournal.com
Too true. And yea, there were moments, but mostly from doing my own thing and not needing to be a part of all that. And, even today after all the years, I'm still remembered back home for some of my quirks. I find it amusing that I made my mark as the kid who walked to school reading.

Date: 2008-07-28 10:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] safewrite.livejournal.com
I especialy like "Learning you can't have or can't do it all and choosing to emphasize the things in your life that make you happy." And the soul-specific thing.

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