Reply #173: "...pissing in the dying ocean." Wow, what a turn of phrase! I love it! [View All]

[scarletwoman]

Hey, Karenina. I'm sure grateful that I've gotten to meet you on this dying ocean.

Mostly what I think about nowadays is that the ordinary people of all empires have managed through the centuries to quietly persist with living their quiet ordinary lives. That's pretty much all I want anymore, to quietly live my life, passing on what I've learned and know to be true to my children and whomever else might be open to listening.

Seems to me that these times call for carefully protecting seeds and embers, and making sure that we have people in our lives to whom we can pass on this task of protecting seeds and embers once we are gone.

I may not live to see the seeds blossom or the embers fanned into a great fire, but I'll do what I can while I'm here, because I refuse to give up hope altogether.

:loveya:
sw