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innocent bystanders?" We may, however, rephrase our concern
to alter the circumstance by resigning ourselves to a "different
reality," until we reevaluate the event by a positive standard.
The new light may take the form of any conte mplation that alters
the outcome such as may be considered not detrimental . Goo d
thing I missed my flight to the edge of the earth, I probably
would have fallen over. The episode occurred in the finite spa n
of its duration until culmination many decades previous. The n
shift into a different episode that followed chronologically
hoping to so meday let the painful me mory re main in the past
forever, a fleck of nirvana, eternal bliss, if only because it is no
more.
Break a Leg
May I introduce the reader to the vicious circle around whic h
one runs haphazardly into the contemplation of bad thoughts he
conceives that others might think about him. Could drive a
person into a flight of insecurity disguised as some lofty pursuit
to denigrate the importance of the pursuer. It takes only one a
reflection or maybe even the shadow of a thought that his ow n
attitude is driving people to distance the mselves fro m him. He
imagines
their
degrading
attitude
based
on
their
misunderstanding him, and all this because of feeling guilty,
inadequate, not loved or sufficiently respected, and so he
perpetuates an unending litany of self-proclaimed righteous
indignation. This, unfortunately, too common attitude is
discernible most frequently a mongst the elderly. Wh en the
body's defenses weaken with age, the person is similarly face d
with a critical deregulation of daily involve ments in the
extended society, a tribulation that devalues the contribution o f
his human worth to those who no longer assess its importance.
In specifically the last few generations, a person can reac h
old age and find that all previous associations are deleted,
although we retain certain social amenities with those with
whom we shared in the multiple processes of life when our
efforts were still appreciated. In short, somebody could turn up
to visit me in the throes of decomposition three days after my
death. I am devalued at the focal point of my functionality, eve n
so much as having parental authority about the decisions
regarding my adult children's lives. How much more so if I held
a position of authority until I remained the few amongst fifty
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