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- From: schweppe@acs.bu.edu (Edmund Schweppe)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: wonderful life
- Message-ID: <105666@bu.edu>
- Date: 26 Dec 92 07:41:45 GMT
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- Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- kitten writes:
-
- >kitten sniffs and wipes her eyes...."the movie 'it's a wonderful life'
- >always does this to me...i love jimmy stewart and this is one of my
- >favorite movies...
- >
- >anyway, this movie, as you all know, poses the question: what would
- >the world be like if i had never been born? i sort of experienced
- >this first hand, like jimmy stewart, when i was not conscious for 16
- >days... it was like i wasn't in the world...
-
- Merlinvin's curiosity is piqued. "My friend, I have never had the
- misfortune to be unconscious for so long - could you tell us, perhaps,
- where you thought or felt you were, if not in the world?"
-
- > but, of course, the world
- >was still here. i often think about what the world would be like if i
- >had died, instead of recovering...
- >
- >...my ideas and opinions on this change, depending on my mood.
- >however, 8 times out of 10 i come to the conclusion that i have an
- >important place in the world...that it is a better place because i am
- >here. (the other 2 times i think either that a) nobody would miss me
- >or b) that at least iwouldn't hurt anyone....but that goes away
- >quickly)
-
- "Only 8 times out of 10? Well, I guess that just shows you're not
- perfect, unlike Saint Liralen." (ducks quickly)
-
- "Seriously, you've got a whole Place full of friends who have been blessed
- by knowing you, sharing your wisdom and basking in your love. If you're
- even half as great a person in RL, you've got even more friends and loved
- ones out there."
-
- "The hardest part is convincing yourself of this truth on those dark days
- when nothing seems to be working and all those you love are too angry,
- or too busy, to take the time to tell you how lovable and loved you are.
- I thank God for this Place, where *somebody* always has a shoulder and a
- warm fuzzy for the wounded in spirit."
-
- Merlinvin offers kitten a drink, a hug, a backrub and an earscritch as
- appropriate, not necessarily in that order.
-
- __________________________________________________________________________
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