Posted by Free on November 16, 2010, at 17:48:53
In reply to Re: Poll of the day: casinos, posted by sigismund on November 16, 2010, at 2:04:50
> >I didn't have an accent, but I did have a winning smile, and I was full of hope.
>
> It doesn't matter to everyone.
>But it did matter to most everyone I've met at the casino.
And it matters more than it should when you feel you have very little else.> >But I was too young to understand this and many other things.
>
> Yes
>And it seems, the more you know the less you want to know.
> >What do they say about youth being wasted on the young? I'm starting to understand that this is a sad knowledge to have firsthand.
>
> Now you're talking.
> Well yes, it is sad and the best reason for any of us to use what we have left wisely.
> It is (you know) unutterably tragic and absolutely common.
>You are right. It is common. And knowing that the process of walking through this unavoidable fire is merely a common tragedy, is like a salt over a wound. I guess I want my wounds to have more meaning than that.
What do they say about going through this process gracefully? The rebel in me says to put up a fight and skid in sideways to the end of my journey...with what's left of my winning smile and whatever else intact.
Maybe I will feel differently if I happen on some wisdom while I skid towards the end. Or maybe not.
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