Let's Talk About You

^z 16th September 2023 at 7:55am

Less I, eh?! Mary Pipher in a recent NYT essay philosophizes about end-of-Life, "I'm Going to Die. I May as Well Be Cheerful About It." She quotes her grandmother:

...The last time I visited her, she was recently widowed and dying from leukemia. She lay in bed in her small home in eastern Colorado. I could see she was in pain and could barely move, but when I asked about her health, she replied: "Let's talk about you. How is college going this year?"

When I complimented her on her courage, she said simply, "I am going to be in pain and die soon no matter how I behave, so I might as well be cheerful." ...

... yes! — and in place of first-person singulararity, more you and more our, like Mister Rogers when journalists tried to ask him about what he called "our work", "our program", "our home," "our family" — and then turned the interview on its head and asked the interviewer questions ...

(cf 2015-10-07 - Everybody But, Mantra - No Self (2016-10-25), Mantra - Unself Together (2018-03-30), 2019-06-16 - Self-Discovery, Skills of Mind, Generosity of Heart, ...) - ^z - 2020-03-09