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"The Suicide's Argument"
"The Suicide's Argument"
by Coleridge
Ere the birth of my life, if I wished it or no
No question was asked me--it could not be so !
If the life was the question, a thing sent to try
And to live on be YES;
what can NO be ? to die.
NATURE'S ANSWER
It's returned, as 'twas sent ? Is't no worse for the wear ( Read more... ) -
to those I Love and/or to those who Suffer
You [the caregiver] do not suffer because of them [person with a dementia]. They have a disease, a neurological illness, that's a fact. But that's not why you suffer.
You suffer because you love. If you did not love, you would not suffer. And the more you love, the more you suffer. Problem is, when you try to do something you cannot do, or be ( Read more... ) -
just a few thoughts for you
at every step, the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life;
the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.
~ ellen key
footfalls echo in the Memory,
down the Passage which we did not take,
towards the Door we never opened Into the rose-garden.
~ t. s. elliot
do not watch the petals fall from the rose with sadness;
know that, ( Read more... ) -
a few quotes to get this started
“The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.”
~ Joan Collins ~
“If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.”
~ Kahlil Gibran ~
“Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.”
~ Proverb ~
“No pessimist ever discovered ( Read more... ) -
secrets
because you just can't Trust anyone....