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Writings in the Sand

by Ned

Rated: 13+ · Book · Entertainment · #2199980

Thoughts destined to be washed away by the tides of life.

I've been studying my cover photo for a while now, and it seems to me that it is more than just a photo of what is there that can be seen, more than just three white rocks stacked on a beach. It contains an important question about the future, about what happens long after the photographer has gone. What will happen to our pile of stones when the tide comes in? Will it topple or has the architect built this structure at a safe distance?

I don't know what will happen to these words that I stack here on the sand. They may prove safely distant, or they may be swallowed up by a rush of self-doubt. They may be here for a season. They may lose their balance and be scattered by the shoreline, or be hidden away under shifting sands. Perhaps someday, the tides of life will reclaim them.

Or maybe that's just a bunch of poetic, romantic nonsense. After all, this is just a blog.

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Beholden

a day ago
In response to "Thoughts While Falling"

This really highlights the fact that time slowa down during crises. Our minds seem to speed up so that we watch a procession of thoughts as we fall. And this piece relates such interesting thoughts too! Fascinating.

Cubby

a day ago
In response to "Thoughts While Falling"

I always enjoy reading your posts, Ned. And this blog post did not disappoint! I took in every word. It reminded me of when I fell, back in Nov. 2002. I was calling for my Golden Retriever, as she was in heat. After she did not come, I turned to go back inside and then lost my balance and fell. Unfortunately, I could not get up. I turned toward the house (as it was lightly snowing) and could see my dog INSIDE the house!!! My hubby finally discovered me, and helped me inside, assuring me I'd be fine by morning. Ha! I finally convinced him to take me to Emergency, where it was discovered I had broken two bones below my right knee. (and I had just started a new job!)

My favorite part of this blog entry was when you shared all the thoughts going through your head at the time of your fall. And I loved how you ended it with realizing you had a few things to add to your "To Do" list. I can certainly relate!

Cubby

May 31, 2025 at 9:06am
In response to "Read the Manual"

YouTube has saved us many times!

Ned

May 30, 2025 at 7:00am
In response to "Into the Valley of Rudy"

Beholden

I found this for you. You'll want to start at 25:11. I noticed he used the accent over the e when he wrote his name. He was very funny in this clip.

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Kåre เลียม Enga

May 29, 2025 at 12:14pm
In response to "Into the Valley of Rudy"

I agree about the usefulness of youtube. That's how I watch my Thai programs. I also agree that Ed Sullivan was the king of variety shows... kinda like a box of chocolates.

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Cubby

May 26, 2025 at 8:43am
In response to "Where or When?"

Very interesting! And definitely thought-provoking.

Ned

May 26, 2025 at 5:51am
In response to "Where or When?"

Beholden

I can't shake the feeling that I have answered your comment before, so I am not going to do it again.

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Ned

May 26, 2025 at 5:50am
In response to "Where or When?"

Cubby

"timelines that never happened but did"

This is exactly how I view time. It explains how omniscience and free will can exist simultaneously. An omniscient God sees all time all at once, we see one timeline only. We make choices on which path to take, but before we even choose, God sees the end of all possible paths and so knows everything that will happen as it already has happened, but without interfering with our free will to choose.

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Beholden

May 25, 2025 at 4:20pm
In response to "Where or When?"

This gave me the strangest feeling. This has happened before in some strange way. But maybe that's just some weird brain fart or other. I'm far too old to have a déjà vu experience now, aren't I?

Cubby

May 25, 2025 at 8:32am
In response to "Where or When?"

I recently finished listening to the science-fiction thriller audiobook, Recursion by Blake Crouch. I didn't love it or hate it, but it was interesting and somewhat thought provoking.

It explores the idea that déjà vu is actually a remnant memory from a previous timeline, timelines that never happened but did. Confusing? Yes. I'm not explaining it well. The book is mostly about a chair that Helena, a neuroscientist, created that will take one back in time to relive moments or try changing them (her mother had Alzheimer's, which inspired her help others with this disease to retrieve their memories).

‘False Memory Syndrome' is also mentioned, where one has memories that are not true...but are they? Had someone gone back in time and caused new memories that never actually happened in the first timeline?

Yep, like I said...thought provoking, but not really my kind of book.

...though I have experience déjà vu...

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