To Read A Mind…

“for what is the good of the written word..

…if it does not touch …or is read…by another.”

If you’ve never seen the movie Dead Poets Society, I recommend that you do. Mr. Keating, brilliantly portrayed by Robin Williams, echoes your sentiments exactly. He reminds his students just how important words are to their own existence. With words, poetry, literature or writing in general we express our love and our pain and it connects us to the world. He reminds them that language is essential in every area of life. Regardless of whatever they choose to become, whether lawyers, doctors or accountants, words connect them to the human race…we are all actors contributing to the play he says and then asks the students to think about what role they will ultimately play. I love the film and believe its message is quite clear.

And so, I say to you my friend we are all actors in the play of life trying to find our role and trying to leave something of value on this earth, for we know inevitably one day we will fertilize the many daffodils that bloom in the spring.

Hi Liz!! Don’t sell yourself short, this was a thoughtful and enjoyable post. Isn’t it great the community you can find online, the way you can find others who share your interest, and learn a little more about the world around us by seeing it through the eyes of another?

A word after a word after a word, wrote Margaret Atwood, is power.

And damn, they’re a lot of fun, too. What kind of wine are you sipping this evening? Do you like a chilly chardonnay, or are you more a fan of the warm-blooded cab-shiraz? I was just gifted a bottle of the latter and look forward to a glass some evening soon.

Hello Liz,

I just want to tell you that this is a very thoughtful post and it is appreciated very much.

Thank You!

Liz, my friend, enjoyed this one. Really calming for me. Thanks for sharing - Nards

I don’t know how you are always able to see the good in everything. Wish I could find just a HINT of that.
And if you could see me? I’m suckin down a diet coke with my sprinkly donut, wonderin if, I concentrate real hard, my laundry will fold itself.

Nope.

Oh Liz I was blown away by this creative and thought-filled post. What a GREAT insight. We are all pumping out and you are first I’ve read who has acknowledged that you are simply “taking in” what has already been written. I found this post amazingly enjoyable. It gave me insights and ideas. You are so creative in many aspects of your life….no…you are just CREATIVE period. Thank you, Liz. Robin

Hello, Liz!

My name is Sherma and I got to your blog through Robin’s. This is the third post I read in your blog today, and I felt compelled to tell you I like your reflections! Very insightful.

Thank you for sharing them.