THE SCREAMING WOMAN

My previous post was so filled with philosophy and metaphysics, that I thought I would try some good old fashioned BUDDHISM and relationships.


Something that kept coming up in the book "The Tibetan Book Of Living and Dying" was the now famous concept that to be truly happy, and I am greatly paraphrasing.....

To be truly happy in live, not just for a minute but completely happy, we have to let go of all of our attachments.. Attachments to people (including the girl you might love) to material goods, etc..

Another concept is that LIFE IS SUFFERING AND THEN YOU DIE.

Sounds morbid, but actually if you fully embrace these concepts, then it helps you enjoy the moments in between much more acutely, and you appreciate them more.

If you have lived an honest, thoughtful life, then when you are at the end you will be fully at peace.

You can't take it with you and you certainly can't buy any STAIRWAYS TO HEAVEN.


I was in the Hospital the other day and I heard a DYING woman (true story) howling like a dog, for hours. It was awful.

I asked the nurse what was wrong? Her reply.......

"She's just terrified to go"
It scared me, JOLTED me to my CORE.

AND YET......

I STILL WANT TO LOVE ...I WANT TO TAKE THE RISKS AND THE CHANCES. I WANT TO RISK THAT PAIN!!!!!

I WANT TO DO IT HONESTLY AND WITH LITTLE EGO, BUT I DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.

I WON'T MISS IT WITH YOU SOPHIE OR WITH ANYBODY ELSE.


I heard an old fashioned song that ended an episode of MAD MEN last night that put a smile on my face. I wanted to end with those silly but romantic LYRICS from the song by Etta James.


"TRUST IN ME"

Etta James - Trust In Me Lyrics


Trust in me in all you do
Have the faith I have in you
Love will see us through
If only you trust in me
Why don't you, you trust me?

Come to me when things go wrong
Cling to me daddy, woah yeah and I'll be strong
We can get along, we can get along
Oh, if only you trust in me

While there's a moon, a moon up high
While there are birds, birds to fly
While there is you, a you and I
I can be sure that I love you, oh

Stand beside me, stand beside me all the while
Come on daddy face the future, why don't you smile?
Trust in me and I'll be worthy of you
Oh yeah, yeah, why don't you
You trust in me in all you do?

And have the faith that I, I have in you
Oh, and love will see us through
If only you trust in me
Yeah yeah yeah

Why don't you, you come to me, when things go wrong
Cling to me and woah, and I'll be strong
We can get along, we can get along
Oh, if only you trust in me, yeah


YOU TELL ME IF DETACHMENT IS REALLY ALL THAT HEALTHY, ALL YOU ROMANTICS AT HEART.

RL OCT 16