All I know is that I've been thinking about this for the last few days. I was watching "Much Ado About Nothing" on YouTube (as one as nerdy as I am does...) and I came across a quote I'd never paid attention to before. Beatrice is asking Benedick what she should do in the wake of her cousin's misfortune. Benedick says "Serve God. Love me and mend." I'm not sure why but it struck me as beautiful. Though it's not one of his more well-known, I think it's up there with "To be, or not to be..." or the St. Crispin's day speech, not to mention much easier to remember fully.
Another line that's been circling my head has been from "Carry On" by Fun:
"May your past be the sound/of your feet upon the ground."
I think it may all have to do with this turning 30 (ugh, this number will never be ok) and still not being completely where I want to be. I know where I want to go, but getting there is difficult. I know what I want to be, but it's hard to make it happen. And I know what I want to do, but it's complicated. These lines though, seem to suggest that this life thing is easy. That by being the way we are, and continually pushing forward, we're already "living." Maybe we make things so complicated in our heads that we need a poet from 400 years ago or a rock band to shake us up.
Like I said, I wasn't sure where I was going, and I'm still not entirely sure I arrived...
2 comments:
I love that quote from Benedick. Simply beautiful. :-)
And, I agree, the looming number 30 will never sound okay. But at least we've been blessed to reach such an age.
Glad someone else thinks the way I do Stef! And I suppose you're right, being almost 30 stinks but it's much better than the alternative : )
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