blast from the past

One never changes as drastically as in retrospect. 'Tis absurd to cling to the uni-directionality of time when loss and gain bear no relation to growth and experience. How foolish of me, looking forward to what I had once left behind.

By far the most tempting use to which a time machine might be put is the retrieval of pieces of oneself along the way. I should like to collect the one doggedly submersed in Blood, pathologically dependent on Hope, carelessly dispensing Love; the one who ached for Beauty fought against Despair dreamed of Tomorrow laughed with Truth. Imagine, all that shimmering goodness in the same room!

[01.02 Thu 26-May-2005]