“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.
Delicious Ambiguity.” – Gilda Radner
Image: “Purple Flower” by Michael via Flickr.
Welcome! I am a lawyer turned freelance writer, essayist, and editor. On staff at Literary Mama and the co-founder and co-editor of the literary journal, The Sunlight Press, my essays and reported work have appeared in The Washington Post, The Lily, Saveur, Civil Eats, Brain, Child, ESPN and elsewhere. I am currently at work on a memoir on grief and culture and how it provides perspective on life’s ordinary graces. I invite you to appreciate the ordinary with me. I hope my daily practice of seeing the magic in the mundane helps you celebrate and find more of these moments in your life too. Read More
Great one Rudri!!!
Thanks, Mari. I am glad you liked it.
Oh my, I LOVE Gilda Radner. Of course when she was alive, sadly. I was very young, but my mom talks about her all the time still.
It is so hard to believe that she’s been gone so long. As one of the original SNL cast members she certainly possessed an unforgettable wit and charm. Gone too soon.
Beautiful quote and so true – for a perfectionist and heavy planner/time-conscious person like myself this is a horrible and terrifying realization. You live and you learn and learn to breath. Happy Friday Rudri! -Iva
Exactly, Iva. Living and just breathing in the moment is one of those lessons that I need to embrace everyday. Have a good weekend.