http://www.philosyphia.com/blog-off/brick-by-brick My Keyboard, My Sword Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:28:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.philosyphia.com/blog-off/brick-by-brick/comment-page-1#comment-3169 Julia Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:21:11 +0000 http://www.philosyphia.com/?p=1841#comment-3169 There is so much here... but I think this is what struck me most. "After all, this is what you’ve known your whole life — we must save it, SAVE IT! Hurry, hurry — your mind reeling and your eyes blurring from the battles you wage all around you." It does seem a lot like that - life, that is, or at least becoming a grown-up. I think another lesson I've learned (and you) is that you aren't a grown-up when you reach a certain age, or achieve a particular accreditation or get married or become a parent. And amidst all that, people are telling you by turns to be yourself, and/or to put your best face forward. That's hard to do while you're holding on to everything you thought you knew for certain. .-= Julia´s last blog ..<a href="http://juliapoet.blogspot.com/2009/07/lessons-from-cutlery-drawer.html" rel="nofollow">Lessons from the Cutlery Drawer</a> =-. There is so much here… but I think this is what struck me most.
“After all, this is what you’ve known your whole life — we must save it, SAVE IT! Hurry, hurry — your mind reeling and your eyes blurring from the battles you wage all around you.”
It does seem a lot like that – life, that is, or at least becoming a grown-up. I think another lesson I’ve learned (and you) is that you aren’t a grown-up when you reach a certain age, or achieve a particular accreditation or get married or become a parent. And amidst all that, people are telling you by turns to be yourself, and/or to put your best face forward. That’s hard to do while you’re holding on to everything you thought you knew for certain.
.-= Julia´s last blog ..Lessons from the Cutlery Drawer =-.

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