Musings on Monday Mornings

There was a debate about right and wrong, about the shades of grey that pollute the severity of black and white. And I in my parochial views found it so hard to understand. Questions: What is fidelity? Is it only prompted by something legal or is it binding without a written contract? If it is the latter then what constitutes a breach? How permeable is the line and how often is it permeated before you have officially crossed it? Does age have a bearing on fidelity? If you are young and are testing the waters, so to speak, are you more liable to break out of a relationship, than say, if you were older. What is a girl friend? Is she a girl who happens to be your friend, among a multitude of girls who are also your friends? Or is she exclusively your girl friend, who though a girl, is ‘first among equals’? Does the use of legal titles render people more faithful? And, if she is ‘first among equals’, then applying the rules of fair choice and democracy, is she as open to being ousted (as a...

Thanks for the song. It really made a difference

“My candle burns at both ends. It will not last the night. But ah my friends and Oh my foes, it casts a lovely light.” It’s been one of those days, and then worse, it been one of those nights. “There is a legend about a bird which sings just once in its life, more sweetly than any creature on the face of the earth. From the moment it leaves the nest it searches for a thorn tree, and does not rest until it has found one. Then, singing among the savage branches, it impales itself upon the longest, sharpest spine. And, dying, it rises above its own agony to out-carol the Lark and the Nightingale. One superlative song, existence the price. But the whole world stills to listen, and God in His heaven smiles. For the best is only bought at the cost of great pain……or so says the legend.” Feel like a nice, long drag on a never ending cigarette. If only! "Oh Mrs. Dalloway. Always throwing parties to cover the silence."