Sunday, 9 May 2010

A thought for a Sunday


"Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be".


Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883 – 1955)

Posted by Andy Holroyd at 16:44 [Stumble Upon]
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4 comments:

dave hambidge said...

Andy, may I take a slightly different view on this quote?

Life is not JUST the sum of what we have been; although our past is very important to how we manage the future collisions we yearn for AND those beyond our control.

(All shrink speak of course!)

9 May 2010 at 19:36
Andy Holroyd said...

Cheers Dave, I doubt I can say this properly but I'll try:

Taken literally, Ortega y Gasset's quote is like a fly banging it's head on a windowpane.

I don't yearn for what is beyond my control. There are limits and I do not want superpowers.

Of course there is the utterly unexpected but, closer to home, our everyday interaction with others helps mitigate life's ups and downs.

I agree, we are not JUST the sum of what we have been, we are the sum of what we have caused and what has occurred regardless of us. A much bigger thing, yearnings included.

9 May 2010 at 21:32
dave hambidge said...

Andy, not bad for halfpast nine on a sunday night!

"... we are the sum of what we have caused and what has occurred regardless of us." Spot on sirrah!

10 May 2010 at 08:23
Andy Holroyd said...

Cheers Dave, these posts are supposed to get us thinking.

10 May 2010 at 13:31

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