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August 06, 2003
Memories of Ithaca.
Yesterday, low and behold, a voice (email in this case) from what seams like the distant past. An old friend and coworker I haven't spoken to in years. Regaining contact with someone from the past always conjures up images of that particular point in time. In this case, it reminded me a of a book of poems (a specific poem in that book actually), that said person gave as a Christmas gift many years ago. The poem is Ithaca by Constantine P. Cavafy (1911). Thanks for the link DS. It still gives me goose bumps when I read it.Excerpt:
"Always keep Ithaca in your mind.
To arrive there is your ultimate goal.
But do not hurry the voyage at all.
It is better to let it last for many years; ...
Ithaca has given you the beautiful voyage.
Without her you would have never set out on the road.
She has nothing more to give you. "
Posted by wonko at August 6, 2003 06:23 PM
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