The ancient Greeks didn't write obituaries.
After a person died, they only asked one question:
"Did he [or she] have passion?"
--from the movie "Serendipity"
Passion
It appears in books in films and classical compositions
In bands and albums and songs
Whether cloaked in pain suffering or exaggerated emotion
It is about life
And how we live it
Effusive or introspective
It is about reach and focus
The intensity of the pursuit.
I tried it once—
It brought me pain and heartache
“Tis better to have loved and lost…”
Seems more like a life half-lived;
All the poetry I could muster
The noise the bluster her response
Chilled my soul
With contemptible indifference.
Ha!
Candy is dandy
Own your tomorrows
Send in the clowns.
Are there no limits
To what we will say
The walls we will scale
The mountains we will take on
In this elusive search
For a taste of the divine?
Glad I stumbled upon this write. It made me think. It's a poem about passion but sadness seems to permeate. Perhaps I'm wrong but this is how I 'read' this piece. Good writing! :)
I immediately thought of "Agony and Ecstasy," a novel by Irving Stone about the life of Michelangelo. My brother had to read it for art history class. Searching, I also found Stone's novel about the life of Vincent van Gogh. Both artists lived lives of immense passion that is exhibited by their work and lifestyles.
Writers like Stone and you also possess a passion for life and a lust for living through your writing reflecting your life. For a man, the object of passion often is women.
I once had passion and love (a plus)....long story. I walked on air! Hey! This is so tenderly written. I'm sure you will enjoy your ".....taste of the divine#".
Our passions beat to our own individual drums. Each of us has something we desire above all else. Whether we attain it or not is the answer we must pursue throughout our lives. I hope you find your greatest passion.
I think once we feel comfortable that there is a God and not some elusive entity, we can proceed with life in an ever expanding knowledge of the Divine.
I think we search in life for a taste of the divine because such taste is there all around us, in nature, in natural law, and in we humans who have the capacity for conscious love like no other animal alive. So, the answer is No, there is nothing we will not do to have a taste of what already lies within us as a premonition. John
Most of us search endlessly through life for our mountain, or whatever it is called by each individual. Yep! I have been close to the summit of mine for sure. Something caused me to back away and let my mind relax and return to normal. I am contented with that decision.
Ask...as well you should. And yes, from this reader's perspective, it can take many years of disappointment and pain to climb that mountain. But, when standing at the summit, there's nothing like it. Passion is a tricky emotion... media misleading many an explorer with its propensity to foist too much dependence on flesh and not enough on the heart and mind. Enjoyed this write as it reminded me of a life seeking what at times seemed the impossible.
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This book chronicles an infinite allegoric odyssey of Absolute Awakening in which a learned man, a mute man, and a recluse woman are the principal players. The mute and the recluse are the learned one's Teachers and Guides on his journey of Enlighten
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Writers like Stone and you also possess a passion for life and a lust for living through your writing reflecting your life. For a man, the object of passion often is women.
Ron
Love ya!
Jane