Far Beyond Words

Thoughts on our world by the late Raymond V. Bomba. Photographs by his son, Christopher Bomba. Edited by his daughter, Mary Bomba.

Tag: lifetime

MANY BELIEVE THAT THEY CANNOT BE CREATORS OF THINGS

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Many believe that they cannot be creators of things, creators of life;
that they cannot set new patterns, be different.

They assume that any new things that come into existence must be by
someone else’s hand.

They take the creation of another person, embellish it, and give it
authority.

They then kneel before it, learn to fear it, retain it as a dogma, and
perhaps for a whole lifetime follow it, instead of calling forth a creation
of their own.

FIRST YOU LEARN FROM YOURSELF

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First you learn from yourself
and then you learn from
others… if necessary.
In human life it
is usually the other way
around. First you learn
from others and then,
hopefully, through the
whole maze of mislearning,
you try to finally learn
from yourself… if it is
still possible.
When a way of
life you have been schooled
in, or a state you have
lived in, falls apart, you
are on your own–very much
on your own.
And your lifetime
could almost be over
by the time you realize
how it should have been
in the first place.