• September 22nd, 2007 • 0 comment
An era is gone. Long live the new era!
Yesterday, I learnt that my neighbour was dying because of her cancer. This was a hard news to stomach. Even though I didn’t know everything about her and her past life, I knew from the beginning she was a good person, the one that would care and support you.
Today, I also learnt that my instructor in eskrima was also gone, without notice. Like yesterday’s news, I was just left dumbfounded. This was just the sort of thing I took for granted.
But then…well when you think about it, I really shouldn’t be sad about it. I knew my neighbor did everything she wanted to do in life. She was leaving in peace. For eskrima, I know we gave everything we got. 100%. 200%. It was short but intense, with memories of us running like wild in Montreal parks during the hot summer, doing figures in front of _surprised_ hassidic jews. We couldn’t have done more. And maybe that’s all it matters in the end.
Today, a friend then told me “an era is gone”. I agree with him. And like people who would shout “the king is dead, long live the king”, I wanted to tell him back “an era is gone. Long live the new era”
Time to move on then. And I will remember giving 100% of myself.
