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I will not "Go Gently Into That Good Night" either.

投稿日: 2018-05-03 | 06:22 · 編集日: 2018-05-03 | 06:23 · 返信 1 · · 翻訳:

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

(Get my 'drift'?)  - Art

Words of Wisdom: "THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS" - [Grandparents] "There has never been an original thought." - [Someone, I'm sure] "I've spent my whole life 'polishing turds'" - [Me]

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Re: I will not "Go Gently Into That Good Night" either.

投稿日: 2018-05-04 | 00:45 · 編集日: 2018-05-04 | 01:02 · パーマリンク

(I still can't sleep.)

You know, I recently had the opportunity to see some of my old Posts from back in 'The Day' and I saw myself as Contributor, creating pertinent Threads and identifying brand-new issues that soon became the concerns of many.  Pointing out discrepancies that had not been addressed.  Many times, I would already know the reason something was wrong, and Posted just to bring out discussion and a better awareness so that others would see 'the fix' right off-the-bat, like a Support Forum SHOULD be.  I tried to 'seed' discussion and solutions ... I'm funny like that.

In fact, I 'spoon-fed' some Gurus (everyone knows who they are) just to make them work-out the problem in the 'light of day' for others to reference.  In short, I helped and also tried to bring some humor and lightheartedness to an otherwise sterile, boring (?) environment and most people appreciated it.  Which brings me to my next point ... The first thing I noticed was hardly anybody online.  Then I looked at some Threads ... the place was a Ghost-Town compared to just a couple of years ago.  WT_?  So's I go's down to the Club House where I left my Goodbye Post ...

[Back Story]  When I signed-off 2+ years ago, I was dying of Sepsis and I didn't know it, and I was sure it was my Heart and Kidneys.  I had quit using the VA as I was gradually getting worse and they were doing nothing about it.  I was fighting to stay conscious ALL the time for like 2 years.  (A year ago, a dog-bite from a stray got me some Rabies Shots ... the GREAT news is that's how they discovered I had Sepsis !  Aaanyway, I decided I had to hit the road again, and my long-time plan was to get back up to Canada to repay the relatives or just their little Village for the 2 Indigenous Natives that miraculously came upon me and saved my Life 37 years earlier ... I'm funny, that way.

I should have done it sooner as I kind of pissed-away 8 years on my 'puter.  (Did I say that OUT LOUD?!)  I had just recovered Ol' Betsy from a nasty MFT Virus when I wrote that, and had reloaded just enough to get on the Forum because I had something I felt important to say before I left.  I got a freaking Google-fied Phone to use on the road, then I was shutting her down for what I thought was the last time.  I wrote it convinced that I wasn't going to be around whether I made it up to Canada or not, but Toni and a few other were worried that Post was MY version of a SUICIDE NOTE !  It wasn't 'fatalistic', in my view.  It was just the kind of thing that all Fathers should teach their children (I never had any) ... silly stuff, about Honor, Morals, etc.  (I think it's still down there, somewhere "This is Art" - "The Most Powerful Word" ... If you need a good laugh.)

And you wanna know what EXACTLY spurred me to write that?  No?!  Well I'll tell ya anyway ... I was writing a Post, hardly able to stay conscious and I forgot how to spell a Word ... the simplest Word in the World ... but the most Powerful, in my view.  And believe it or not, the word was "Be" ... I sh*t you not.  When I finally regained my thoughts enough, I had what I've been trying to impart to people through ALL the stories I had told, and I told quite a few ... my Version of Esop's Fables (look it up).  Aaaanyway, all this babble FINALLY brings to my main point (via scenic route) ... It seems like "the thrill has gone" here.  On my first day back, I got mired into some Political BS and I immediately got into a pissing-contest with a couple of Gurus that didn't like me then, and wasted absolutely no time intentionally setting-me-off  ... BIG-TIME.

I had just came back here (a few days ago) just to ask a simple, rather stupid question about a Mobile Setting ... and look what's happened.  I got into it with the NRA and I thought why don't I Up-Load some pics I made.  I think all of the are funny ... and yes, Politically PROVOCATIVE.  I thought it might spur some (hopefully) healthy analysis and  discussion, because folks, there's a LOT more trouble a-brewin' and NOBODY'S talking about it.  Man, if we have a Forum ... ANY Forum, we should use it to COMMUNICATE.  'Political Correctness' be DAMNED.  Something's not right here.  OK, I'm done for now ... it's been 23 hours.  Nite-Nite.

- Art  "Do not go gentle into that good night."

Words of Wisdom: "THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS" - [Grandparents] "There has never been an original thought." - [Someone, I'm sure] "I've spent my whole life 'polishing turds'" - [Me]

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