Within This Realm Of Choicelessness, We Do

I Am Married To Someone I Love.

We Do Not Choose To Be Born. We Do Not Choose Our Parents, Or The Country Of Our Birth. We Do Not, Most Of Us, Choose To Die; Nor Do We Choose The Time And Conditions Of Our Death. But Within This Realm Of Choicelessnness, We Do Choose How We Live.

The Reason 'closure' Is A Cliche Is That It Is Used Too Often, Too Imprecisely, And Doesn't In Any Case Reflect Reality. In Reality, Such Closure In Broken Friendships And Much Else In Life Is Rarely Achieved; Only Death Brings Closure And Then Not Always For Those Still Living.

Culture Means, I Think, That You Have Widened Your Experience Enough Through Reading And Through Being A Little Bit Thoughtful About These Things That It Has Changed Your Outlook In Some Ways. And Not Necessarily Made You A Better Human Being But Made You See Things.

No One Has Really Ever Defined What A Friend Is.