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Posted on: Oct 14, '09


 Back in Time - 1980

Beginning with the journal in my lap... inspired by a visit from the ex husband who was new to me then. We didn't really know each other. We didn't really relate to each other.. but we fell into the same spot on the same earth and that is where it all begins. Sad but true.. both of us in the wrong place at the wrong time. My life is such a perfect example as to why arranged marriages are the right way to know. Parents know best. Kids don't listen to reason. Such is life...
So the first thing I ran across was an Emily Dickenson poem which I had jotted into the cover. I liked to put things that were very special to me in the cover.. so I could read them aloud in the train.. where the noise of the train drowned me out, and I could read or sing in public.. un-noticed. Hmm.. I am the silent announcer, the singer who sings at the top of her lungs for herself only.. that is me. I love off key...Neil Young, Leonard Cohen.. Tom Waite.. Bob Dylan.. poets and what-not..
So here is the poem.. where Dave noted: "Love it - David 7/90." I wonder if we were together then? (David and I)

Emily Dickenson...

This world is not conclusion.
A Species stnds beyond-
Invisible, as Music-
ut positive, as Sound-
It becons, and it baffles-
Philosophy- don't know-
And through a Riddle, at the last-
Sagacity, must go-
To guess it, puzzles scholars-
To gain it, Men have borne
contempt of Generations
And Crucifixion shown-
Faith slips-and laughs, and rallies-
Blushes, if any see-
Plucks at a twig of Evidence-
And asks a Vane, the way-
Much Gesture, from the Pulpit-
Strong Hallelujahs roll-
Narcotics cannot still the tooth
that nibbles at the soul-

....

I love the way she uses the dashes.. I adopted that habit completely and thank her for it often...
So - in this 1980 Journal Cover.. the poem is followed by Florence Nightengale- Have you heard of her? She is a nurse.. very caring.. something like a Mother Theresa.. well known and quite nice.

"... for out of nothing comes
nothing. But out of suffering
may come the cure. Better have
pain than paralysis."

.... and that is the sum of my married life.. my hope and dreams for getting married.. ah.. failures and foolish choices. I know.. I know.. I was looking for a poem that I wrote last weekend... Now am on an entirely different train. Where is that poem anyway? I am suffering my youngest daughter's engagement to a Man that I feel loves her not.



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susanta00 said:
I AM SORRY TO SAY - MAXIMUM COMMENTS ON THIS POST ARE RIDICULOUSLY HYPERBOLIC .

October 24, '09


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susanta00 said:
Being too much intellectual has always been a trend, a patron.I am not adding a note to your blog to make it more philosophical but to appreciate your courage you have furnished in

October 24, '09


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Gutz24 said:
Linda ! u've expressed your feelings so sensitively.Yeah! why do things happen other wise is so difficult to comprehend.Isn't it.
Yet life's mysterious journey no one has ever deciphered.What happens happens for the best always.Love yourself the most first & surrender yourself to the universe.Ask for what you desire the most,believe that you deserve it more & have no doubts whatsoever and visualize receiving with utmost gratitude.


October 21, '09


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baba1020 said:
nice

October 18, '09


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sazzyme said:
gosh Linda..wat a piece of writing;sentiment..<br />
dontcha brood over arranged marriage vs watever else is out there..

in the end..tis meeting of minds,and truck loads of tolerance and give and take..
reason to live!!

and i pray to God-that ur fears for ur dotty be UNFOUNDED!

those lyrics-up there- emily D's...are profound indeed....

October 16, '09


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Heart_Of_Paradise said:
Destiny Plays crucial Role in Each & Every Individuals Life and add to this Experience(which is other side of a Coin) also teaches us Good Lesson(Be it Life or Work) with an Effect(Be at Positive or Negative) but we should not forget that we are the actual person who can judge our life and also we should have a mind which can help us to lay our perspective of life(with Positive Effect)to Attain So-Called Goal(i.e. Contentment in Life) and that Contentment comes Only when that Individual has Bravely Fought with His Emotions

God Bless u in your future endeavors and his divine consent may give u strength to accept all those things which are Part and parcel of your Life

October 16, '09


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maalolan said:
Nice to know a little more of you, I can only pray God to give enough strength. With regards....

October 15, '09


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ladli2001 said:
LOVELY ONE LINDA--I CAN JUST SAY LOVE IS ONLY LOVE.

October 15, '09


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prema399 said:
thanks for sharing

October 15, '09


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oriya2006 said:
Love is an illusion. One feels attracted to so many. Therefore love should not be a basis for marriage. In India marriages usually takes place between people of the same caste and community who may be strangers to each other. The parents fix the marriage. Mixing between opposite sexes before marriage is frowned upon.

October 15, '09

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