With this statement, I conclude my journal for all time:
Let your great deeds be your memory, not your personal life.
-William Shakespeare
Saturday, August 6, 2011
8.6
The intricacies of social interaction are beyond reason. People write in these things and they never really listen to what they're saying. If they did, they might be worried about how they sound. So what? Are we supposed to pay attention? Are we supposed to support your angst? I, for one, will have none of it.
With this statement, I conclude my journal for all time:
With this statement, I conclude my journal for all time:
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(smilesandgrins)
ReplyDeleteI thought you'd like that.
ReplyDeleteSo . . . is "your memory" what you know about yourself regardless of what others understand, how you are remembered, or how you remember events as opposed to other people?
ReplyDeleteDoes this mean that one should not invest in one's personal life, rather doing his or her best only for the benefit of the public?
MAGIC! I meant it to be how you are remembered. And it means nothing. Live your life as you see fit.
ReplyDeleteThis is just how I think Shakespeare saw it.
I can see that. :-)
ReplyDeleteSorry. I guess I was feeling combative or something.