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Mind, Body, Soul
Ungentle
By Mona Lease
Greetings, Gals!! I've never heard so many gals be so despondent for so
long. One gal told me she hoped we had a long fall season. Another gal
wants to "skip over everything" - no Halloween...no Thanksgiving....no
Christmas...just straight to next spring. It has been an odd year. To
me...the oddest thing I've seen in all my years on this Earth is when
Hurricane Irma sucked up the ocean in the Bahamas in 2017. People
posted videos on YouTube of others walking where the ocean was. Pretty
weird...and scary. I ran across the following poem by Dylan Thomas. It
was written in 1947.
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Old age should burn and rave at close of day.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right.
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in green bay.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight.
And learn too late, they grieved it on it's way.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight.
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas actually wrote this poem for his sick, dying Father. Dylan
tried to give him some encouragement to hold on and not to lose hope.
The main theme of the poem is that we should not surrender to death in
a meek and gentle way. Rather, we should try to resist it with all our
efforts. We should try to live as long as possible with the power of
will.
The poet's message is clear. The imperative sentence - "Do not go
gentle into that good night" - simply instructs us not to go gently
into the realm of death ("that good night").
But this poem has gone beyond it's original purpose of inspiring the
poet's Father. Now the readers and critics feel this poem can apply not
only to death or old age, but also to any kind of adversity we face.
We should continue to struggle the odds we face in our way of life.
Moreover, the poet was struggling to survive due to bad health,
alcoholism, and poverty.
Consider: "Every kind of people try to resist death." Wise
men...scholars and philosophers...their ..wisdom has neither made them
prepared to die or made death any easier. So they don't approach death
in a gentle way. They fight against death.
Consider: "Because their words had forked no lightning." The wise men
could not see their words (speeches, literary or creative works, etc)
make any impact on changing the world in such a short time. So they
want to live longer to see their works come true.
Consider: "Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright their frail
deeds might have danced in green bay." The good men are those who have
done many things for humankind and believe that they can change the
world into a better place. They often see that their dreams and hopes
are often dusted (frail deeds). They shout out that their deeds
might have been successful if they had more time to live and more
opportunities.
The above excerpts are from: "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night:
Summary and Analysis"...Wikipedia
So rage...rage against the heat...against the uncertainty...against the
daily grind. Tomorrow is another day!
"Sometimes all you need is for someone to just be there, even if they
can't solve your problems. Just knowing there is someone who cares can
make all the difference." sun.gazing.com
The best is yet to be!! MONA
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