Lindsey Posted 18 December , 2005 Author Share Posted 18 December , 2005 Why? I still cant get away from this word...no matter how many times I may go! HOWEVER............... You have all said so many meaningful words that i feel they should be put together, as a Rememberance monolog? Can it be done? and in what order? You decide! Linz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin O'Marah Posted 18 December , 2005 Share Posted 18 December , 2005 Er Cof (In Memory). Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Robertson Posted 18 December , 2005 Share Posted 18 December , 2005 Destiny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
985acoy Posted 28 December , 2005 Share Posted 28 December , 2005 to-honour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Wright Posted 29 December , 2005 Share Posted 29 December , 2005 Respect.... Remembrance..... Honor..... Education..... Preservation..... Family..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsey Posted 30 December , 2005 Author Share Posted 30 December , 2005 Thank you for all your 'words'. It really goes to show the depth of feelings we all have about our lost and loved ones of WW1 and that remembrance, although something we will always keep in our hearts, isnt the only reason we go. Thank you all. Ill have to compile a 'Dictionary' of all your thoughtful words now!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmyred Posted 30 December , 2005 Share Posted 30 December , 2005 Lindsey. Concur with all the above. However, for me, there is only one word which lies at the heart of it. It took me years to fully understand it and admit it. I even wrote a book which tried, in part, to examine this very question, and fell woefully short of the simple truth. It is Love. That is why we do what we do. That is why we feel what we feel. That is why we have to keep 'going back' - literally and metaphorically. To those outside this 'phenomenon' we know we cannot possibly begin to explain ourselves. And although we also know we cannot equate ourselves with these men to whom we feel this special bond, we nonetheless feel it: deeply, strongly, passionately. In the light of the former statement I am reminded of the closing verse of Robert Graves' poem to Sassoon, after the war: 'Two Fusiliers': "Show me the two so closely bound as we, By the wet bond of blood, By friendship blossoming from mud, By Death - we found him And we found beauty in Death In dead men breath.'' That last line is what we also have found and seek to perpetuate, in whatever capacity and whether through remembrance, obsession, honour et al: all are guided by the unseen hand of Love. In religion it would be called Devotional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkristof Posted 31 December , 2005 Share Posted 31 December , 2005 quest respect duty home home, I live in it! greets, Kristof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw Posted 31 December , 2005 Share Posted 31 December , 2005 All the above adding up to :- compulsion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dorsetbaby Posted 3 January , 2006 Share Posted 3 January , 2006 (edited) pain Edited 3 January , 2006 by dorsetbaby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherree Posted 4 January , 2006 Share Posted 4 January , 2006 History Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Bennett Posted 5 January , 2006 Share Posted 5 January , 2006 Waste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lees Posted 5 January , 2006 Share Posted 5 January , 2006 Because Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fair Posted 5 January , 2006 Share Posted 5 January , 2006 Courage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsey Posted 7 January , 2006 Author Share Posted 7 January , 2006 History Sherree I started this thread on 7th Dec 05 and you were the sole person to reply on the 4th Jan, my birthday with a solitary word........History....... so i think, the word that could express 'why do we go?' should be awarded to HISTORY!!!! Cheers for the posts Lindsey So then , what do you think??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrymurland Posted 8 January , 2006 Share Posted 8 January , 2006 Awe At what took place and by so many Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 8 January , 2006 Share Posted 8 January , 2006 So then , what do you think??? Are you suggesting that "history" is the word that best represents the various views expressed? If so, I don't agree. I think the sheer span of words given - from the poignant such as "family", to the, perhaps, trivial as my "holiday" - suggests it can't be boiled down. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Bailey Posted 8 January , 2006 Share Posted 8 January , 2006 Humble. Gunner Bailey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Barker Posted 9 January , 2006 Share Posted 9 January , 2006 nostalgia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradley Posted 25 January , 2006 Share Posted 25 January , 2006 AWE FASCINATION RESPECT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam M Posted 25 January , 2006 Share Posted 25 January , 2006 "Dialogue" - origin of which means 'flow of meaning' There is a branch of thinking concerned with how all things are connected - we are all connected to a greater wholeness.. Dialogue captures the essence of this. I'm a real fan of a poet called David Whyte. In a poem called" Yorkshire" are the following lines... Let my history then be a gate unfastened to a new life and not a barrier to my becoming. Let me find the ghosts and histories and barely imagined future of this world, and let me now have the innocence to grow just as well in shadow or light by what is gifted in this land as the one to which I was born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny Posted 27 January , 2006 Share Posted 27 January , 2006 Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wig Posted 27 January , 2006 Share Posted 27 January , 2006 Horror Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyspiller Posted 28 January , 2006 Share Posted 28 January , 2006 Respect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ever interested Posted 28 January , 2006 Share Posted 28 January , 2006 Bravery Freedom Honour and to think my Great Uncle was right there Sorry it's more than one word, but we all have the same feelings and thought's. I can't tell you the amount of times I've cried at the computer or reading a book on the first world war. So, so brave they were........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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