...would I be any wiser? or would I still be blundering in the dark, assuming everything was OK, as i had for the 22 previous years? would we all blithely continue on our merrym unawakened ways, never knowing how close we had come to the abyss?
or...
would I actually go on to heal that tiny baby in the neonatal intensive care nursery as i had been told to do by the whisperings in my mind?
is the Abyss, in some way, essential to our awakening?
Unfortunately we went into it and never emerged..
Some people go into a metaphysical abyss. Others go into an emotional or mental or spiritual abyss. Some go into all four.
Some lucky people, like James Joyce, the author of Araby, have epiphanies before the abyss can swallow them.
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Maris Michael Butta, Senior Airman, son of Raymond and Deena, nee Weglarz; brother of Alexander and Philip Butta. A 2006 graduate of Gordon Tech High School, Maris was a member of the 8th Intel squadron in the U.S. Air Force at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. He was decorated with the Air Force Achievement Medal and earned the following awards: Air Force Organizational Excellence Award, the Air Force Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terror Service Medal and the Air Force Training Ribbon. In lieu of flowers, memorial donation to the Wounded Warrior Project, 7020 A.C. Skinner Pkwy., Suite 100, Jacksonville, FL 32256. Visitation Monday, 3 to 9 p.m., and Tuesday, 9 a.m., until time of service, 10 a.m., at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago. Interment St. Adalbert Cemetery.
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