There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.
Tony Blair read these final words as a memorial to the British cittzens who died in NewYork City on
9-11. Wilder was looking for a way to find meaning in life when someone dies unexpectedly and tragically. In his book The Bridge of San Luis Rey, five people fall to their death from a suspension bridge in Peru.
The message of life is to use our time for the greatest purpose. Our greatest purpose is to give love.
The poet Alan Williamson contemplated the meaning of life and change and when he thought of things that bring him joy concluded:
For a moment I no longer fear the death
that waits for me... ~ Alan Williamson
It's complicated, this thing we call love. But it gives life meaning, much as a lighthouse gives us light in the darkness.
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