Chapter 45: Books...
Whenever I finish a book there is usually the same feeling. I feel this profound sadness. These adventures have come to an end and that is something that makes me sad.
This is a perfect example of Buddhism's dukkha as suffering produced by change. I have this wonderful book, this great feeling when I read it, but the book ends and so do my good feelings.
This book really hit home for me, and once I get enough money, I fully intend to purchase a copy of it because it really was a good book. And very rare is it that I will find a book that gets read within the period of a week.
But no matter what book it is, I feel this separation pain. This one is a little worse, probably because I can somewhat identify with the main character and now I miss him.
I just hope some day I can finish a book and perhaps feel happy instead of this sadness, this missing. I hope that at some point in my life and can be happy with the time I had with these characters instead of wanting more, or missing them.
"Something always missing,
Always someone missing something"
This is a perfect example of Buddhism's dukkha as suffering produced by change. I have this wonderful book, this great feeling when I read it, but the book ends and so do my good feelings.
This book really hit home for me, and once I get enough money, I fully intend to purchase a copy of it because it really was a good book. And very rare is it that I will find a book that gets read within the period of a week.
But no matter what book it is, I feel this separation pain. This one is a little worse, probably because I can somewhat identify with the main character and now I miss him.
I just hope some day I can finish a book and perhaps feel happy instead of this sadness, this missing. I hope that at some point in my life and can be happy with the time I had with these characters instead of wanting more, or missing them.
"Something always missing,
Always someone missing something"