Hope
As Plato quoted Heraclitus, and the peerless Dr. Nathan Tierney had us memorize, “ποταμοῖσι τοῖσιν αὐτοῖσιν ἐμϐαίνουσιν, ἕτερα καὶ ἕτερα ὕδατα ἐπιρρεῖ”. Tomorrow may be better. It may be worse. But it will certainly be different.
As the Sufis graced us, and Lincoln quoted:
هذا أيضا سوف يمر أو يعدي
And, with any luck, when it passes, it will pass into publication. Properly lived, then properly rendered, it may be exquisite — and, it is to be hoped, meaningful to Niall in his adulthood.
But that is not for now. For tonight, I console myself with Tibullus’ elegy: “Credula vitam spes fovet et melius cras fore semper dicit“. The hope may be unwarranted, but it is good enough for a pillow. Good night. See you on the flip-side, friends.
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June 28th, 2010 at 21h44
Hope you realize the Nathan Tiearney I know is a professional motocross rider that looks like an outlaw surfer. Wonder if both of them are related???
June 28th, 2010 at 21h48
Of course I realize that! How could I not know about the person of that name whom you know?!
What?