"Winston Smith" died Friday (page 2)

Kristen

This is sad news indeed. My condolences to his friends and family.

Kristen

TR

HoChiMin,

My thoughts go out to you and his family and loved ones.

TR

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
—Edmund Burke

COMF

My condolences to those who knew him.

COMF

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Then Almitra spoke, saying, "We would ask now of Death."

And he said:

You would know the secret of death.

But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?

The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light.

If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life.

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond;

And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.

Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.

Is the shepherd not joyful beneath his trembling, that he shall wear the mark of the king?

Yet is he not more mindful of his trembling?

For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?

And what is to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?

Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.

And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.

And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.

The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran
Chapter 27

nelly136

very sorry to hear your sad news hochi,
condolences to his family who must be in total shock, and to my cyber mum alma who was going to marry him shortly,
love
deb x

HoChiMin

Thank you, here is the link to his obituary.

http:/www.lowellsun.com/default.asp?puid=1699&spuid=1699&indx=998318&article=on

sorry I can't get it to work.

HCM

Esmeralda

HCM, that link doesn't work, could you check the URL and re=post?

Nelly, when you speak to Alma could you please send her my love? I hadn't talked to her since my dad's aneurysm but I knew she was to go out to him shortly...do you know if she made the move before this happened?

I'm just heartbroken for her...for all of us who loved him.
(((hugs))) for you too
love
essie

Sorry, it does work, I must have been typing it in wrong. Hard to see the screen...

JAVA

I'm very sorry about his passing, HoChiMin & essie. Such a young age, too.

The obituary is at http://www.lowellsun.com/default.asp?puid=1699&spuid=1699&indx=998318&article=on

--JAVA

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"Winston Smith" died Friday

Kristen

TR

COMF

nelly136

HoChiMin

Esmeralda

JAVA

--JAVA

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