http://robin.thornvalley.com/node/48 Comments for "The Diary" en http://robin.thornvalley.com/node/48 <p> <p>Well, I can honestly say that nothing like this has ever happened to anyone<br /> else before. It’s an unusual feeling to know you’ve been separated from what<br /> you used to be and all the things that person used to know. A big hole has been<br /> torn into the weavings of my life, and I can see no way to patch it up.<br /> Everything—family, friends, all that I owned and even my own memories—have been<br /> left behind. The change that has occurred in one other mouse, several rats and<br /> me has completely changed how we view ourselves and the world. It seems so much<br /> more harsh and cruel, rather than just &quot;the way it is.&quot; We have no<br /> one to endeavor for except ourselves, no one to care for but our own, no needs<br /> to see to except those that we give to ourselves. The one thing that we are<br /> missing the most—and that we never really even considered before—is a cause.<br /> When we were normal, all we worried about was how to survive, but now there is<br /> so much more to think about and so much more to fill besides out bellies. Our<br /> minds require knowledge and thought, and one of the most reoccurring thoughts<br /> is <i>what are we going to do now?</i></p> </p> <p><a href="http://robin.thornvalley.com/node/48">read more</a></p> http://robin.thornvalley.com/node/48#comment Thu, 04 Nov 2004 14:43:51 -0800 Simon 48 at http://robin.thornvalley.com