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Observations from a life in progress......

Threshold of revelation.....

23/5/2016

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It occurred to me recently in one of those momentary flashes of enlightenment -  or possible enlightenment - that everything we believe to be real may in fact just be an illusion, perhaps fragments of imagined scenes dreamt by ourselves or even another.
If that is the case then we may not die, our loved ones may still be alive in some form, anxiety need not influence our every decision.
These fleeting thoughts often come just prior to sleep which implies that they are formed at the edge of consciousness. I think it's probably an illuminating place to be but alas somewhere most of us cannot reach very easily in our waking life. The brilliant playwright Tony Kushner described such a state of being as the 'threshold of revelation' in his play (later film) Angels in America.
If you haven't seen the film then it's well worth six hours of your time....
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Try not to forget the most important people in your life...

9/5/2016

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 It's all too easy to take those we love for granted.
Often, in the hustle and bustle of busy days and hectic lives, we forget just how empty life would be if they weren't in it....


YOU
Sometimes in the dark
 I can see a tiny spark

They call it hope.
It gathers up the senses

And sometimes recompenses
For the endless hours I've worried on my own.
I should have known
That through all the gloomy days
I spent within a troubled haze
The sun was always there just out of view.
You always knew.
But when you tried to help me out
of all my worries and self doubt
I turned my back and simply walked away

 Until today
When I have finally avowed
That all the faces in the crowd
Cannot be you
You see me through.
Your love is true.
And no matter where I go or what I do
At times it may appear that we are travelling through hell
But I can stop and look at you

and
all is well
.

© 2016 Jason Endfield
 
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When Mary O'Hara stole my pen...... (and my heart).

3/5/2016

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PictureMary in 2013 (c) Mary O'Hara
I once met Irish singing star Mary O'Hara in New Brighton, a small seaside town in England. She was appearing at a theatre there as part of nearby Liverpool's Irish festival. Mary had been a successful recording artist back in the 1950's, known for her clear soprano voice and for accompanying herself on the harp. She had travelled the world then but before the decade was through, she had taken herself off to a convent and become a nun, disappearing from the public gaze and never to be heard again.
Well, that had been the plan.
Until one day, many years later the story goes, the famous comedienne Joyce Grenfell had been strolling past said convent and heard Mary's dulcet tones emanating from an open window. Joyce had to let Mary know how beautiful she thought her singing was and it was she who eventually persuaded Mary to cast off her habit and return to singing in public once again.
Through the 1970's Mary's star rose once more and she had phenomenal success both at home and internationally with sell-out concert tours and million selling albums.
And it was one such album that I happened to have on my person when I met Mary that day in New Brighton. Handing her both the album and my trusty pen, we chatted about her music, Joyce Grenfell and life in general. She was very sweet and impressively serene (as one would expect from a nun) and then she duly signed my album and handed it back to me with a perfectly delightful smile. Later on I realised that she had kept hold of my pen.... Hmm lesson learnt, never lend a pen to a singing nun, you probably won't get it back.
Mary continued singing into the 1990's and then retired to write her memoirs...quite possibly with my very own pen.
Now aged 80, she lives quietly on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland.
www.maryohara.co.uk/

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