A day of love...
"Growing up, my parents always said, "You will leave this world the same way you came into it: with nothing." It made me realize that the only things we do in this world that count are those things that make the world a better place for those who will come behind us."
- Tyrone B. Hayes, Biologist and National Geographic Emerging Explorer
That quote made me think of the 5,000 - 6,000 year old embracing skeletons discovered this month and the universal message of love they left for us -- despite life's challenges and despite time, religious, or cultural boundaries.
Peace and love.
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I grew up in the city of Chichester in the south of England. In the cathedral there there is a tomb of one of the Earls of Arundel and his wife. Their effigies are carved holding hands. The poet Philip Larkin was inspired by this to write the poem 'An Arundel Tomb' which ends with the line: "What will survive of us is love".
YouTube clip of Philip Larkin reading the poem.
Boy that makes me homesick :-(
Posted by Emma Gottesman on February 15, 2007 at 07:40 AM MST #