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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Zack on Rilke Quote

There's a song by Creedence and Clearwater Revival called "Someday Never Comes" which says, "First thing I remember was askin' papa, why? For there were many things I didn't know. And daddy always smiled; took me by the hand, sayin', someday youll understand. Well, I'm here to tell you now each and every mothers son you better learn it fast; you better learn it young, cause, someday never comes." Both quotes seem to be saying that you will never in your life have an apiphany and suddenly know everything about our universe but you must instead work to learn the answers and let the questions, not the answers, guide you through life. Rilke says quite clearly that you cannot simply want the answers but must instead "live the questions now" and find as many questions as you can to answer. CCR is talking more about not waiting and waiting for things to become clear but to get out and start to "learn it young", but both times the authors seem to be saying that you may never know the answers, but it's more about asking the questions and trying as best you can to answer them.

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