Transience Part II

An addition to the entry on Transience...

I remember a quote by Paul Bowles. It was in his book The Sheltering Sky and this particular quote was mentioned by Brandon Lee (yes, the same Brandon Lee...son of the Dragon, Bruce Lee). Now, Brandon was being interviewed and this was captured in the extra footages in The Crow (now that's my ALL TIME FAVOURITE MOVIE!!) Brandon quoted Paul Bowles, and ironic though it may be, it seemed as though Brandon was referring to how his life might be snuffed out at any time...

Anyway here goes the quote:

"Death is always on the way, but the fact that you don't know when it will arrive seems to take away from the finiteness of life. It's that terrible precision that we hate so much. But because we don't know, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Yet everything happens a certain number of times, and a very small number, really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, some afternoon that's so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four or five times more. Perhaps not even. How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless."

Macabre as it may sound... it holds a lot of truth and wisdom in the words. The simple act of watching the full moon rise... something each of us takes for granted day by day, night by night.... and yet... how many more will we see.. and enjoy.

Live life to the fullest. Never regret ur actions. Life may throw u a curved ball, and it often does. But it is UR choice how u want to react. We may have no control over what is thrown in our way.. but we have a choice in deciding how we want to react, if at all.. And for those who act, do not regret ur act.

But lest we forget, in the flurry of our actions, to live, let us remember the quote by Paul Bowles.