WannaBeGeekGirl's Journal: uneasy days

My dear old poetic cousin Robert Frost has a quote that I keep on the bathroom mirror: "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." This assures that I have to read his advice upon starting my day and ending it.

The world seems dim these days even with the lifting of my depression. That is to say that I can again see colors, but they are not shades that please me. Though a lot of my heroes and friends tell me that comes with age, I'm not content to believe--deep within parts of my mind I will always be young. That and I have a memory loss disease so my take on the world before is evanescing rapidly.

It has been such a long week, I can't tell you the day because I have so few hours of sleep. I do hope Sarah can sing me to sleep finally:


Cast me gently
Into morning
For the night has been unkind
Take me to a
Place so holy
That I can wash this from my mind
The memory of choosing not to fight

exerpt from Answer by Sarah McLachlan

~wbgg

Beautiful song...

[johndiii]

That is one of my favorites of hers. I had not listened to it in a while; thank you for reminding me. I have a very nice version from her Afterglow Live disc.

I am glad to hear that the depression is lifting. It so often makes it so hard to do anything, or even think anything positive.

About things taking on a different shade, I think that it is something that tends to happen with age. But it is very important to also cultivate the viewpoint of a child - whatever has happened, it remains a good thing to v

Take care...

[Shadow Wrought]

I've been trying to write a rictametere from your last JE, but just have not had the time. My own struggles with depression were breif enough that I didn't suffer long, but hard enough that I have an understanding of its depths in others. A friend of mine who has struggled with depression for years once told me that it was difficult for him to let go of the dpression because it was so familiar. It had been with him ever since he could remember, and walking away from it was scary. So I applaud you for yo