Very well Olfactor. I am glad you have found solace in Bertrand's soliloquy. I told you this a million friggin times. But no. Living in Dublin, You had to look for an American friend, who knew of a British philosopher and mathematician who was thinkiing of the same ideas as yours truly. What is wrong with you PDOISards????? (!:>>))) Haruna, your friend, who means no harm. I'm a lover not a warrior. Now where's Jaawula. I think you're in cahoots with my erstwhile uncle Suntou. MQJGDT. Darbo. -----Original Message----- From: Modou Mboge <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Sun, 17 May 2009 11:11 pm Subject: Things Whizzing through my head: Thoughts of my being Dear editors, Print this for piece if you feel worthy, just things whizzing through my head Things Whizzing through my head: Thoughts of my being: It has been a puzzling worry for a while that I keep thinking of what is the purpose of my life and why I do what I do, and behave the way I do. I wondered indeed why I feel sometimes anxious about my dreams not coming through. I have mused about why I feel forlorn sometimes and miss genuine union with love and friendly relationship with my fellow denizens of this world. I have found myself walking in the street having a conversation with myself aloud and chortling away after falsely believing that: ‘Ah, I know what it is about’. I have asked myself again and again what I am looking for in live. I’d argued, screamed, complained and tried to explain to myself why I indulge in somewhat a never ending journey of what Maslow has called self-actualisation in his oft cited hierarchy of needs theory. I have incessantly searched for an answer on why I feel some sort of angst in wanting to help those pitiably unluckier than me and suffering in various forms without being able to. I have found myself sometimes curiously feeling guilty in not meeting people’s expectations of me. Yet still it seems I am still not sure what it is all about. It was amazing whilst sitting in a library the other day, still piqued with thoughts of the purpose of why things were the way they are and what are the real passions married to this human body that has been keeping me going, when an American friend of mine who has an insatiable desire to bring happiness to all mankind brought this quote from Bertrand Russell (the British philosopher and mathematician) to my attention. He said, my friend, it seems good old Bertrand has been thinking of us. He showed me the following quote lifted from the prologue in Russell’s autobiography on the passions that made kept his desire to live. It was like eureka feeling when I read the following: “Three passions have governed my life: the longings for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of [humankind]. Love brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness. In the union of love I have seen in a mystic=2 0miniature the prefiguring vision of the heavens that saints and poets have imagined. With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of [people]. I have wished to know why the stars shine. Love and knowledge led upwards to the heavens, but always pity brought me back to earth; Cries of pain reverberated in my heart Of children in famine, of victims tortured And of old people left helpless. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, And I too suffer. This has been my life; I found it worth living.” --Bertrand Russell. After reading through the above, I thought to myself, this is resonates with what has been making my head throb all along. With this I hope my life is worth living, thus plod on I shall do. Momodou Olly Mboge Dublin, Ireland ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤=C 2¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask]