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"Life can be very empty;
it can be very long. All that matters is finding someone to care about and be cared
about by. Be respected by.
I think your father would have said that if it seems to you there's someone you're
coming to love, if passion strikes
you, then follow it. You're old enough to hear that now. Love radiates outward from
two people to others and to
your own future, even if it doesn't seem to. I think that's what he would have said.
Follow it even if it means censure
and sorrow and regret. Even if it means social reprisals and economic upheavals. They
don't matter as much as
they might appear to . . . . But if there's a bit of love to Share, then take it, take
it while you can, whatever the cost.
That's how you'll become truly alive. The earnings and the buyings are often done
merely to pass away the years.
Love can last for ten minutes and not ever come again. Sometimes a few words or a
look will be almost all of love
that a life has. You should seize moments like that and cherish them. Even if what
follows seems to contradict what
occurred so severely you come to doubt it happened. Even then it can have been enough
to bring you through the
time ahead. Memories are all a person really owns."
Reprinted with permission
from How Did That Sun Get Out
Copyright © 2000
by Roger Burkholder
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