stadnism@clutx.clarkson.edu (Steven Stadnicki,,,) (01/19/90)
From article <GILLY.90Jan17121853@bucsf.bu.edu>, by gilly@bucsf.bu.edu (Gilly Rosenthol): [lost of stuff deleted] > Well, I care about all of you. But that doesn't mean I *understand* > all of you, or know how you feel. I care terribly about Jilara - but > I have had a very happy, innocent life. How can I possibly really > know how she feels? I am very happy to be friends with the Tabbifli - > but I can't know how it feels to have a family like hers. I can't > know how it feels to have a wife leave me, or a sister die. Is caring > enough? I don't know, but it's all I can do for now." Gilly shakes > her head ruefully. Gilly, you're almost right on this... not only is caring enough, caring is all that Is. At least, I hope so... as I put it (or will put it) to a friend who is going through troubled times, "I cannot imagine your situation... I can't understand it, so I can't help. All I can do is to be. I am always here if you need me. May that be enough..." And with that, I turn to face the room, adding: "and that quote holds for anyone here. I am ALWAYS (or very nearly) willing to talk, to help if I can, to simply be if I cannot. Sometimes, just knowing that there's someone out there helps a lot... you can try reaching me via: stadnism@clutx.clarkson.edu though I may not be here for long, depending on what happens (in part, what happens today. We'll see...) I would give a snail mail address, but I'm not certain of that, either... if I get one that I'm guaranteed of having for more than a week or two, I'll try and get that to the net. I'm not always great about writing back quickly, but I'll promise to try and get around to it..." I turn again to sit down, muttering "sigh... one of these days I'll get around to telling my problems..." Steven Stadnicki stadnism@clutx.clarkson.edu "The happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story." "But what if there isn't a happy ending?" "There are no happy endings... because nothing ever ends." > +--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ > | Gilly Rosenthol |"Don't dream it, be it" -The Rocky Horror Picture Show | > | gilly@bucsb.bu.edu |"On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. | > | | L'essentiel est invisible aux yeux." -Le Petit Prince | > +--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
stadnism@clutx.clarkson.edu (Steven Stadnicki,,,) (01/20/90)
As I sit down again, someone mumbles something in my ear. "What? I didn't?
Oh... that's right... I left, didn't I? Hmm... well, I guess I might as
well..." With that, I quietly wander out the door for a couple of minutes,
then...
The door to the Place opens again, and I enter, looking, if not happy, at
least a bit more hopeful than I was when I left a month ago. Walking up
to the bar I ask Mike for a glass of strawberry Yoo-Hoo, then turn to face
the fire...
"To dreams and friends: sometimes, once in a while, they're enough. I hope..."
<*crash*>
I bow sarcastically, then return to my table at the side of the room.
Steven Stadnicki
stadnism@clutx.clarkson.edu
"The happy ending cannot come in
the middle of the story."
"But what if there isn't a happy ending?"
"There are no happy endings... because
nothing ever ends."