“The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread but there are many more dying for a little love. The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty — it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality. There’s a hunger for love, as there is a hunger for God.”
- Mother Teresa
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"I want to tell you only this: there are a few on earth who see you and understand. These few give life its meaning. The rest--well, the rest are what you see they are. You have a duty. To live. Just to remain on earth. To let them know you do and can exist. To fight, even a fight without hope. We can't give up the earth to all those others."
I read your short story "Why do you look at the stars?" a long time ago, and I've often come back to it. You are a great writer. I've been meaning to get in contact with you, and I finally realized you had this blog. I'm beginning to write a play on the stars, though I have a different thesis than your own.
I think, perhaps, we may have a lot in common.
I'm 19 and I live in the States, though I have a feeling you live in a different country. I see you haven't posted here in awhile. Hopefully you still check it.
What's your email address? Mine is juhassan@vassar.edu, send me an email anytime
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