Birth - School - Work - Death
Yesterday I had the chance to hear a song that just slipped my mind a long time ago. There just is so much music around that you can't remember everything. But once in a while it is nice to hear things you forgot about. Things you used to like. Or things you like to remember because of a special meaning, because of a connection with a specific chapter of your life, or just because of general values to give to a world giving meaning to your existence.
We all know about The Godfather, one of the best movie of all times. Or better, the 3 best movies of all times. But maybe not all of us know about The Godfathers [in plural that is]. It might be that referring to a song called birth, school, work, death might help a bit more. Not that it matters that much, but yesterday, hearing that song again, I realized how easily a lifetime can be brought together in a few words. I mean, a whóle lifetime. An average of something like 80 years summarized in barely 4 simple words! You can call me crazy, but I like to consider that quite scary. Because thinking about it, it's more or less exactly what it is. Ok, not for everybody, but at least for most of us...
A whole journey of neverending memories already made and stored away or still to make, to write down or to record. It does not matter. A few words and your book is written. Without the details maybe. Without the color schemes and the templates. Just the essentials. And ok, those few words mentioned in that title of that song might be subject of comments, a few more words might be added or replaced, but in the end the message is clear: live life your way. Live life in a special way. And most of all, make sure to remember it in more than a few words.
We all know about The Godfather, one of the best movie of all times. Or better, the 3 best movies of all times. But maybe not all of us know about The Godfathers [in plural that is]. It might be that referring to a song called birth, school, work, death might help a bit more. Not that it matters that much, but yesterday, hearing that song again, I realized how easily a lifetime can be brought together in a few words. I mean, a whóle lifetime. An average of something like 80 years summarized in barely 4 simple words! You can call me crazy, but I like to consider that quite scary. Because thinking about it, it's more or less exactly what it is. Ok, not for everybody, but at least for most of us...
A whole journey of neverending memories already made and stored away or still to make, to write down or to record. It does not matter. A few words and your book is written. Without the details maybe. Without the color schemes and the templates. Just the essentials. And ok, those few words mentioned in that title of that song might be subject of comments, a few more words might be added or replaced, but in the end the message is clear: live life your way. Live life in a special way. And most of all, make sure to remember it in more than a few words.
3 comments:
"Alone is how we are meant to be" - hey... you seem so sure about that. i think it's highly debatable. we magnetize towards companionship. and not just us, animals, birds, fish. sure, some of it is fear-driven. but i also think community is in our dna. we need each other. i love that we need each other.
You've got a point there. But what I mean is that alone is how we essentially are and that does not mean that we WANT to be alone. That's something completely different. You indeed are right when you say that all living species tend towards companionship, out of fear, out of need, but also following instincts and feelings. Nonetheless the 'alone-factor' is an unmistakable truth we simply will never be able to avoid completely.
Do you still follow?
yeah, i follow. we simply are alone. separate from what we create, separate from what is created around us. the one constant is our own voice, alone. what we layer onto that is external, even though it leaks in, and becomes indistinguishable.
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