Very nice, Frank. Remember, Voltaire’s Candide (the world weary cynic who had earned his perspective) would be proud of anyone’s ambition simply to tend the garden, either metaphorical or otherwise.
Ah, but if only we knew then (when young) what we know now! And if only we could tell (convince) the young that what we have learned is nothing new--the young will learn the same lessons on their own, all in good time. (Alas, I'm beginning to sound like my grandmother used to sound.) This all tends to confirm the notion that all of life (in the biggest sense of the word) is a cycle, without beginning and without ending.
Very nice, Frank. Remember, Voltaire’s Candide (the world weary cynic who had earned his perspective) would be proud of anyone’s ambition simply to tend the garden, either metaphorical or otherwise.
ReplyDeleteFrank, I've linked to your essay (though it deserves a much wider audience than I can reach) at the following:
ReplyDeletehttp://novelsandstories.blogspot.com/2010/05/no-regrets.html
Thanks, R.T., both for the comment and the link.
ReplyDeleteAh, but if only we knew then (when young) what we know now! And if only we could tell (convince) the young that what we have learned is nothing new--the young will learn the same lessons on their own, all in good time. (Alas, I'm beginning to sound like my grandmother used to sound.) This all tends to confirm the notion that all of life (in the biggest sense of the word) is a cycle, without beginning and without ending.
ReplyDeleteGreat column, Frank.
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