“Footfalls Echo In The Memory”: How To Think About And Deal With REGRET
09/26/23 • 27 min
Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Toward the door we never opened
Into the rose-garden.
This is an excerpt from the first poem of TS Eliot’s masterpiece, “Four Quartets”.
It is, in my opinion, the most memorable part of “Burnt Norton”.
In this episode, we’re going to meditate on the theme that Eliot presents: Regret.
Be sure to listen to my prior episode about remorse.
What is the one thing you regret most?
If you care to divulge, send me an email at [email protected] or comment below.
Be sure to visit my sister project, @finneranswake on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. I think you’ll really enjoy it; Finneran’s Wake is where I have deep, probing, provocative conversations with a multitude of extraordinary people from all walks of life.
-Daniel
Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Toward the door we never opened
Into the rose-garden.
This is an excerpt from the first poem of TS Eliot’s masterpiece, “Four Quartets”.
It is, in my opinion, the most memorable part of “Burnt Norton”.
In this episode, we’re going to meditate on the theme that Eliot presents: Regret.
Be sure to listen to my prior episode about remorse.
What is the one thing you regret most?
If you care to divulge, send me an email at [email protected] or comment below.
Be sure to visit my sister project, @finneranswake on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. I think you’ll really enjoy it; Finneran’s Wake is where I have deep, probing, provocative conversations with a multitude of extraordinary people from all walks of life.
-Daniel
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë | Fall Asleep With Me
Charlotte Brontë (nom de plume "Currer Bell") was an English novelist.
She lived between 1816 - 1855.
She was the eldest (and most gifted) of an immensely talented trio of sisters, which included Emily and Anne.
Her most famous work, “Jane Eyre” is also one of the finest in the English language.
In this episode of “Fall Asleep With Me”, I read one of my favorite scenes: that in which our eponymous heroine, Jane Eyre, encounters the dashing Mr. Rochester in the garden at dusk.
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Four Quartets by TS Eliot | The Great Poems Of All Time
Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888 - 1965) was an Anglo-American poet.
A devout Christian, Eliot was an important figure in the Modernist movement that sprang to life in the first quarter of the 20th century.
"Four Quartets", a uniquely sublime work by which all his other poems are eclipsed, addresses the theme of time.
It's a theme on which, as you doubtless know, so many of our meditations here on Pneuma are based.
I think that you'll enjoy it.
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Thank you!
Daniel
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