--- Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], "uns_tressor" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> From: Ron F > > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 10:19 PM > > >> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Fwd: Photos of > Coronation of > > >> New Rajas of the Global Country. > > >> > > >> http://pictures.globalgoodnews.com/index.html > > > > > > "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There's plenty of things one could say. > > > Not many of them flattering. > > > > > > > Can't these people stand back and see themselves? > > Don't their Mums and Dads tell them what they look > > > like? Google Images could be got to index them. > I'm > > not sure that even I am that cruel. > > Uns. > > I guess one question is, how would they have to look > in order for > you to respect them? I think the whole thing is > great, those people > have the balls to pursue their dreams and wear those > outfits no > matter what society in general may think. I'm 54 > years old and one > thing that I am starting to realize is just how > short our lives are. > Most of us spend our lives trying to achieve a > status of some kind > of normal success as if that will push us over the > top and it will > be smooth sailing the rest of the way. But that is > our story book > happy ending and as Joseph Campbell observed: > > "The happy ending is justly scorned as a > misrepresentation. For the > world as we know it yields but one ending: death, > disintegration, > dismemberment, and the crucifixion of our heart and > the passing of > the forms that we have loved. The happy ending of a > fairy tale--a > myth in the divine comedy of the soul--is to be read > not as a > contradiction, but as a transcendence of the > universal tragedy of > man." > > I look at these Rajas with their outlandish outfits, > the surreal > pomp and circumstance and I think "good for them!", > they are > attempting to write a new ending, one that > transcends the boundaries > formed by that predictable arc of life and death and > incorporates > life into life. > > Oh and Llundrub, I can think of one thing flattering > to say about > them; they remind me of YOU. You have spent your > whole life trying > to rewrite the ending. I'll bet you would look > pretty good with a > gold crown on your head. > > Rick Carlstrom Nice post, Rick. Helps put some of our pettiness in perspective. > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ____________________________________________________ Sell on Yahoo! Auctions no fees. Bid on great items. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
