Post for 4/9/06
Ok so I posted this originally at midnight but the post time shoved it to 3 am Mon. So ... Figured I'd let you know...
Ever consider that term: Almost. It's the kind of word that adds dobut and excitement, it is neither confirmation nor denial, it is neither here nor there. It is a term which implies and endorces suspense. It lessens the agony of waiting, and it amplifies the effects of failure.
I say almost when I referr to feeling. Consider this:
Aspiring to an end, who is impacted more by the force of the blow?: the child who almost won the contest or the child who came in last place. The definite looser never had that shimmering ray of hope, that possibility that they may measure up, that they may succeed, that they may have a chance. The child who just barely did not make it, who almost had it; they gave their all, they tried their hardest. Because for just barely a bit more they may have known the taste, the feel, the joy of success, they did it right; Almost. But having failed; their dreams, their hopeful jubilation, their anticipation is met with the crushing blow of defeat. They are not good enough though they could have been. Really Could have been!
To tantilize. I believe the term almost is a word that means to tantilize; it is to tease with thoughts of possibility and hope, with promises of better things of brighter days and lighter hearts, Almost... Is associated with the nurture and slaughter of happiness, ...Loss.
Ever consider that term: Almost. It's the kind of word that adds dobut and excitement, it is neither confirmation nor denial, it is neither here nor there. It is a term which implies and endorces suspense. It lessens the agony of waiting, and it amplifies the effects of failure.
I say almost when I referr to feeling. Consider this:
Aspiring to an end, who is impacted more by the force of the blow?: the child who almost won the contest or the child who came in last place. The definite looser never had that shimmering ray of hope, that possibility that they may measure up, that they may succeed, that they may have a chance. The child who just barely did not make it, who almost had it; they gave their all, they tried their hardest. Because for just barely a bit more they may have known the taste, the feel, the joy of success, they did it right; Almost. But having failed; their dreams, their hopeful jubilation, their anticipation is met with the crushing blow of defeat. They are not good enough though they could have been. Really Could have been!
To tantilize. I believe the term almost is a word that means to tantilize; it is to tease with thoughts of possibility and hope, with promises of better things of brighter days and lighter hearts, Almost... Is associated with the nurture and slaughter of happiness, ...Loss.
posted by Shannon Hollender @ 2:10 AM
1 Comments:
At 12:36 PM,
Shadow Dancer said…
Almost is really is a word that lends it self to torture..." you almost won, better try harder" ... so then the second place person works harder... torturing themselves.... not a good analogy then try this... i was told once that i almost save someones life...ALMOST... yes that means they died.... i failed... i could not save their life... i almost did but i did not... s now i sit here and wondered what i could have done better to save them... what could i have done more of...what one thing would have gotten the word "almost" to not appear....When she died many people knew what had happened... many people knew how close we were... how we almost went out on a date.... how we almost started a relationship.... but most of all how I ALMOST saved her life ... she would have been alive today if it was not for "almost"... the final blow came when she was buried... they ALMOST remembered to let me know when the burial was.... they ALMOST remembered to tell me where she was buried ... but they did not.... so i live with the tortured memory that i failed her and she died becase of it... i live knowing that i failed..i live knowing that i ALMOST left the the world of the living and failed there too....I almost forget all of this but never do.... so almost is a wordthat means tantalize to some and torture to others
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