Sad News

[ed]

I walked a mile with Pleasure.
She chattered all the way,
But left me none the wiser
For all she had to say.
I walked a mile with Sorrow,
And ne'er a word said she;
But oh, the things
I learned from her
When Sorrow walked with me!

Robert Browning

[Cressy Snr]

Thanks guys and hope your Dad comes through this Andrew.

With the age of most of us on here, I suppose this sort of thing is inevitable.

Doesn't make it any easier when it happens though.

All part of life.

Steve

[andrew Ivimey]

Yep, Ed's Browning poem is a good one. A propos of nothing to do with what seems to be happening all around, Woody Allen's 'I have no problem with dying; I just don't want to be around when it happens' had come to mind as I was driving through the bleak rain and wind of Bedford town. And I was thinking about how fearless of dying I was ... in my youth.

Until more recently it has been 'well, it is an interesting topic to think through.'

to nowadays, wondering where my health and bloom has gone and how very shitty that particular aspect of Life (death) actually can be.

[steve s]

really sorry to hear that steve and anthony...

all the best
steve

[IslandPink]

Tough times Steve. I know exactly what it's like, my dad died a few years ago , suddenly . Takes a while to get the enthusiasm for life back again .

As George Harrison said "and the time will come when you see we're all one and life flows on within you and without you "

Mark