Escape is Possible!

A room, once blossoming with light is now encased in deep, dark shadows. Shadows that for the past several months, maybe even years, were trying to creep out from the every corner, ooze out of every crack in the walls and scale down every wall to unleash its ravenous desires and suffocate the inhabitants. The most recent occupant fought not only the dark force in the room but also those disguised in sheep’s clothing that secretly promoted the advance of darkness. With admirable effort this beautiful warrior defeated the persistent darkness daily and resisted the nothingness that the shadows offered.

While battling her own demons, this warrior still found time for others in need, even when those needs paled in comparison to her own. She found solace in helping others. By helping us common folk overcome our obstacles, great and small, her true calling revealed itself. It became clear to her that pushing papers doused in red ink was among the last things she wanted to spend her days doing, despite the startling contrast the red made on her workplace. This warrior worked endlessly to gain the knowledge necessary to pursue her dreams and after many months of searching, her path diverged. With minimal hesitation she “took the one less traveled by”.

So with a heavy heart our noble warrior left the shadows behind and, holding her head high, walked onward to greater things. As she walked away, her eyes hid nothing. It pained her to leave the weaker of us to fend off the shadows alone. But those she did leave behind know the struggles she faced and are beaming with ecstasy for this fearless warrior in her victory over the darkness. They are hoping she has found that elusive utopia we all seek. Although it is a good bye of sorts, they will never forget her and hope the same in return.

Similar to the Robert Frost poem quoted above and below (The Road Not Taken): she

…shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

To our fearless warrior, good luck and please keep in touch.

January 2008 Quotes

And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last
- Counting Crows (A Long December)

Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not. Time takes it all, time bears it away, and in the end there is only darkness. Sometimes we find others in that darkness and sometimes we lose them. - Stephen King (The Green Mile)

Keep Rutgers colors to the fore,
For they must win so fight, fight, fight!
And we'll advance some more to score,
The Rutgers flag flies high tonight, alright, alright.
- from Rutgers Fight Song "The Bells Must Ring"

Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble. - Dennis Fakes

The love that last longest is the love that is never returned. - Somerset Maugham

The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is a mystery, containing, like all mysteries, the possibility of torment. - James Baldwin

Someday I'm finally gonna let go
'Cause I know there's a better way
And I wanna know what's over that rainbow
I'm gonna get out of here someday
- Steve Earle (Someday)

Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know. - Daniel J. Boorstin

Make your choice, adventurous stranger,
Strike the bell and bide the danger,
Or wonder, till it drives you mad,
What would have followed if you had.
- C.S. Lewis (The Magician's Nephew)

Men like me, who possess hidden wisdom, are freed from common rules just as we are cut off from common pleasures. - C.S. Lewis (The Magician's Nephew)

Ours, my boy, is a high and lonely destiny. - C.S. Lewis (The Magician's Nephew)

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take many small steps. - Helmut Schmidt

Like dew upon the morning grass,
Good intentions can vanish with the sun
- Great Big Sea (Something To It)

Slow down and join the human race - Ozzy Osbourne (Slow Down)

Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less about love than the child that lost a dog yesterday. - Thornton Wilder

I want to live with you in the fifth dimension
In a dream I've never had
Cause I just can't live like this in a world like this
-Soul Asylum (Homesick)

It seems no one can help me now
I'm in too deep
There's no way out
This time I have really led myself astray
- Soul Asylum (Runaway Train)

Nothing makes a person more productive than the last minute. - Unknown