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Goodbye
Mr. Langsford
A story for young adults and adults
focusing on the power of memory and the present moment to:
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co-exist and interweave in our hearts, minds and spirits
· move us, shape us, and transform us
· encourage us to consider the nature of time
· help us notice how our past and our present co-mingle
· allow us to consider our past, yet choose to be
in our now
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Michael
asks himself (and the reader too) if this merger of time
"might not be a law of the universe, a part of the
matrix of time"...
This is a crucial question, yet more importantly, this magical
day is posing for both protagonist and reader not just questions
about the nature of time, but also about our experience
of it and our relationship to: the self, the world, those
in the world, the past and the future. Come and drink from
this inspiring little book. See if it does not instigate
many questions, and perhaps, as well, help you to find some
of your own answers, answers about your individual and unique
relationship to yourself, your world, your past, present
and future.
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Contents
of Book
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Our
Story
"Goodbye Mr. Langsford"
Appendix
A Listing of Abundant Change Books and Recordings
Music-Outreach Nostalgic & Uplifting Books & Recordings
by Michael D. Purvis
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Excerpt
from Book:
Introduction
Our
story begins…
It
was in the fall of the year and Michael Langsford was
traveling down the brick street of his childhood, but
he was no longer a child. As he drove in his sedan, windows
down, feeling the crisp, clear air and observing the sunlit
street, he felt suddenly transported into his past, though
he knew he was in his present. About him, he saw the trees
of his childhood dressed in their colorful autumn raiment,
hanging over the street which had been his paper route
as a boy. They made a cathedral-like ceiling through which
he could just spy the azure blue sky and wispy clouds
of this autumn day.
For
a moment, it seemed that he was not forty years old, but
rather ten again. And in this moment, he was not driving
his comfortable, forest green Buick, but riding, as he
had done thirty years ago, his candy apple red Schwin
ten-speed bicycle…
As
Michael Langsford drives, looks about him, caught between
his past and his present, he remarks…
…"Ground,
earth, land… Yes, this is significant ground for
me."
And
he realizes…
This
land was where he had come from. It was not a vague misty
landscape like that of dreams.
Our
protagonist does indeed notice that his past and his present
seem to be merging and then poses an important question…
He,
in his present, in his now, was so different; and yet
was he not so much the same?
Michael
thinks of the old writer, T.S. Eliot…
"I
end where I begin…" he whispered, thinking of
the poet, quoting him to no one in particular, only to
himself. He felt he somehow knew something of what the
poet meant.
Our
main character stands in awe of the magic of this day, and
wonders about its cause…
"How
amazing was this merger of time… What could be causing
it?"
Michael
asks himself (and the reader too) if this merger of time
might not be a law of the universe, a part of the matrix
of time. This is a crucial question, yet more importantly,
this magical day is posing for both protagonist and reader
not just questions about the nature of time, but also about
our experience of it and our relationship to: the self,
the world, those in the world, the past and the future.
Come
and drink from this inspiring little book. See if it does
not instigate many questions, and perhaps, as well, help
you to find some of your own answers, answers about your
individual and unique relationship to yourself, your world,
your past, present and future.
Enjoy!
The author
©2004,
Michael D. Purvis
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