pafret Loc: Northeast

"We All Know..."


“We all know that something is eternal. And it ain’t houses and it ain’t names, and it ain’t earth, and it ain’t even the stars... everybody knows in their bones that something is eternal, and that something has to do with human beings. All the greatest people ever lived have been telling us that for five thousand years and yet you’d be surprised how people are always losing hold of it. There’s something way down deep that’s eternal about every human being."
- Thornton Wilder

“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge.
That myth is more potent than history.
I believe that dreams are more powerful than facts.
That hope always triumphs over experience.
That laughter is the only cure for grief.
And I believe that love is stronger than death.”
- Robert Fulghum

“For Those Who Have Died”
"Eleh Ezkerah" ("These We Remember")

"Tis a fearful thing
To love
What death can touch.
To love, to hope, to dream,
And oh, to lose.
A thing for fools, this,
Love,
But a holy thing,
To love what death can touch.

For your life has lived in me;
You laugh once lifted me;
Your word was a gift to me.

To remember this brings painful joy.

Tis a human thing, love,
A holy thing,
To love
What death can touch."

- Chaim Stern
Graphic: "Into The Silent Land", by Henry Pegram, 1905
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“We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of Infinity. Life is Eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in Eternity."
- Paulo Coelho

And we shall meet again...
https://youtu.be/MKWmGqbVTdU
Moody Blues, “The Day We Meet Again”
- https://www.youtube.com/

Owl32 Loc: ARK

yes love, life, joy, happiness are eternal. Every soul on their journey to forever land, actually location unknown, should take time to laugh, to dream, and to love other souls on their way home. For without feelings, caring, loving, helping,ect
they will only have hell to pay.

PaulPisces Loc: San Francisco

Thanks for sharing such beautiful writing, pafret.
I especially like the quote from Paulo Coelho. I think his writing is inspiring.


As to eternity, I believe it exists only in our own minds, and only because we cannot grasp the concept of nothingness.
I'm not really bothered by this at all, as I believe that I cannot impact whether there is an eternity or not.
For me it is much more important to be mindful and present now, as this is the only thing of which I am certain.

badbobby Loc: texas

thanks Paf
as usual
the poetry is devine