MomoのKokoro

"... I had done what I thought I wanted to do. No one had ever suggested it wouldn't be enough. But I felt empty; it seemed I had no life of my own. Perhaps a sense of pointlessness is close to the surface of many people's lives. One can go for years scarcely noticing it, then - often because of some traumatic or moving event - suddenly a desire to find meaning surges up. We can't bear it any longer. But what can we do? Often then something happens to assuage the pain of this feeling; the grief subsides; life must go on.

If, however, we don't resign ourselves to our fate, we begin to ask questions. What is really important in life? What do we want from it? What, even, is our heart's desire? We have an innate love of truth and beauty - much exploited by the advertising industry, which ties our unformed longings to cars and clothes and holidays. If we can resist the temptation to smother our longing for a different kind of life in the life we already have, new possibilities open up..."

- Vidyadevi, "The Moon and Flowers"

I miss hanging out with D (who meanwhile has his own problems with a 3 year LDR staring at him in the face). Both of us can wait to return back to school. The quality of living differs greatly, and having been a Tokyoite makes the transition back so much harder..miss the company of C..miss language practice with Jk..those long chats with Senpai. Darn.

Posted in: Thoughts on Friday, August 18, 2006 at