Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Wistful is a lovely word.

I just stumbled across the blog of a girl I don't know while looking up the source of a quote in the story I just read. I read a few of her posts and looked at her blogger profile. A strange, wistful nostalgia overcame me. I think we would be really good friends.

It may have been a silly thought, but its interesting to think about all the people in this world we don't know. They've had lives like ours, experiences like ours, deep thoughts and emotions and perspectives. And we're missing it. But we're also living it.

I'm in a state of contemplation that has no direction and yields no conclusions or concrete thoughts.

This link is to a music video that I found really touching. The idea of living as a rambunctious, carefree child even when we're old is so beautiful. We need to live, and go on aging, with the spirit of children and the wisdom experience brings.