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To: E who wrote (2810)2/16/1999 7:18:00 PM
From: Volsi Mimir  Respond to of 13015
 
Death of the King of Jordan.

[in this small world he touched even our family,
my cousin was a nanny for him before his marriage
to the Texas Queen. She had many funny, touching
stories about him and he would call her when he was
in the US. He died triumphant, yet not all his dreams
realized.]

A man's death makes everything certain about him. Of course, secrets may die with him. And of course, a hundred years later somebody looking through some papers may discover a fact which throws a totally different light on his life and of which all the people who attended his funeral were ignorant. Death changes the facts qualitatively but not quantitatively. One does not know more facts about a man because he is dead. But what one already knows hardens and becomes definite. We cannot hope for ambiguities to be clarified, we cannot hope for further change, we cannot hope for more. We are now the protagonists and we have to make up our minds.

John Berger
1926-
British Actor


PS Happy belated Valentine

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

Frederick Koenig



To: E who wrote (2810)2/17/1999 12:26:00 AM
From: Rainy_Day_Woman  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 13015
 
well at least she can sing

amazing story!!!!!



To: E who wrote (2810)2/17/1999 8:41:00 PM
From: N  Respond to of 13015
 
Mariah's email...

I remember my mother screaming all the time, "Compassion! Compassion! You have to have compassion for other human beings!"...I mean I think I've felt it reading a novel, and I think I've felt it watching a film...but I can't ever remember feeling it in life. I just don't remember feeling it about something that was happening in front of my eyes...

Wallace Shawn...from Aunt Dan and Lemon