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Corvus Kulde wrote:Many are the nuggets of truth and wisdom on this thread. One part of me wants to say "It's not what you do or where you go but who you share your time with that matters."
Another part of me remembers the lonely times and wants to say " No matter how many friends one has or how close you get to them we all experience the world from beginning to end alone." No one else sees with your eyes or hears with your ears so there is value in your solitude. I suppose it comes down to ones attitude.
Think about Vampires or even Immortals. (ala Highlander) They have power and the potential for eternal life, but most don't survive. As Armand said in Interview w/a Vampire so few vampires have the spirit to stand immortality. They have all the time in the world but they don't know how to live.
Then you have good old Duncan Macleod The Highlander. He was cast out by his family, watched thousands of people die in the futility of war, saw many a loved one go down to the grave. He is constantly hunted and always fighting for his life, but he knows how to live.
He spends his time training mentally, spiritually, and physically. He collects art and studies history. And of course, being fictional, he spends alot of time saving people from other immortal bad guys.(Who by the way are not nearly so well balanced) Still it's a noble way to spend ones time.
This is just my long-winded way of saying yea we all want to be dazzled by life, but even the little things can be grand with the right outlook. Now if only I could bottle "bright outlook"....

Corvus Kulde wrote:If it scratches the itch. The threads drifting from Halloween spirit to meaning of life.
But if dressing up as Duncan Macleod or as my friends call him "The greasy meatball man"
should bring one closer to the spirit of Halloween then why throw stones. The only question is with pony tail or without.

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MacPhantom wrote:Some years are just like that. A wise man once said "Life is what happens while you're making other plans". The spirit may not wash over you in an orange wave this year. That's okay. Try to find the little joys, and make what you can of them.

Hang in there, mate.

and doesnt' that saying just make you feel terrible?... we do spend a TON of time making plans.. we spend days... weeks even planning for one event that could only last a couple of hours... the next thing we know.. those weeks are gone and so is whatever that event was... sad world

witchy wrote:Andybev01 what pieces do you have of Dept 56? I have the haunted mansion & the Wax museum & the haunted hayride piece, Frankie & bride, Bat in my belfee & trick or treaters. I love Dept 56 stuff!!!
Witchy