“In the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.”
(JFK Commencement address at American University, Washington, DC, 10 June 1963)
You were right! Perfect. I’ve watched that speech a couple times over the course of my human journey. You have inspired me to watch it again.
Something about the way you framed the “two sides of the same coin” idiom brought interesting novelty to it that got me to actually appreciate what the expression means. I think George Orwell wrote about that in “Politics and the English Language”—sometimes a phrase gets used so much that it points directly to its meaning instead of to its imagery.
Also. The last couple lines remind me of this quote:
“The bad news is you’re falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is there’s no ground.”
Love the duality/non duality them of this poem. Just what I needed today. And Trungpa, as in Rinpoche? -- very serendipitous. I'm a Naropa graduate from waaaaaaay back.
My last quote on my next post fits here perfectly. If I don't get it up today, look for it tomorrow.
“In the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.”
(JFK Commencement address at American University, Washington, DC, 10 June 1963)
You were right! Perfect. I’ve watched that speech a couple times over the course of my human journey. You have inspired me to watch it again.
Love it!
Something about the way you framed the “two sides of the same coin” idiom brought interesting novelty to it that got me to actually appreciate what the expression means. I think George Orwell wrote about that in “Politics and the English Language”—sometimes a phrase gets used so much that it points directly to its meaning instead of to its imagery.
Also. The last couple lines remind me of this quote:
“The bad news is you’re falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is there’s no ground.”
-Chögyam Trungpa
I have always loved that Trungpa quote. Thank you so much Geoffe for such lovely comments.
Love the duality/non duality them of this poem. Just what I needed today. And Trungpa, as in Rinpoche? -- very serendipitous. I'm a Naropa graduate from waaaaaaay back.