Tuesday, 04 September 2007

• Princess Diana

  Princess Diana died 10 years ago in a tunnel in Paris.  Her death is one of two "current events" in my life where I remembered what I was doing when I found out.  The other was Sept 11.  It was a shock, it seemed so tragic, and there was a great outpouring of grief.  The funeral was omnipresent, everyone channel TV had it, capped by Elton John's "Candle in the Wind".

  Yet the ever present companion of life, time, puts things in perspective.  10 years later, the death of Diana is a footnote in the history books.  It was a tragedy, but compared to the issues and events that have come up since her death, terrorism, global warming, Iraq, cultural wars, asian tsunami and Katrina, it almost seems trivial, mundane.  My present self would never understand the "excessive" reaction to Diana's death if my past self was not part of that world.

  From the worldly to the personal.  I wonder what part of my life seems so pressing, so important now but in time, will seem inconsequential.  If I looked upon this post 10 years from now, what would pop up in my mind?

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