Sunday, October 25, 2009

Do not stand at my grave and weep

The reason this poem is great is because it allows those left behind to help themselves overcome the sadness and emptiness. Strictly speaking, it's a kind of hypnosis or self-deception. However, sometimes we need hallucination. When the reality is too harsh to endure, you may deceive yourself into believing the reality is not real.

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I do not die.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Equation: prediction

One benefit of putting things into an equation is that you can predict something with that equation.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

IRIS

I watched IRIS two times, yesterday and the day before it.
It was good.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Play

We played when we were young and it was fun.

Grown up, we are still playing for fun even in our usual business activities.

Living a life is playing in itself.