Posted on 02/26/2014 10:10:07 PM PST by Impala64ssa
and activist Jane Fonda has revealed that at 76 she’s become increasingly aware of her own mortality – and admits that she constantly finds herself crying over "the smallest things."
In an emotional and sometimes eccentric blog entry titled "Crying" on her website, JaneFonda.com, the actress says, "How come pretty things, kind deeds, sad stories, acts of courage, good news, someone’s flax of insight, all get me crying or, at least, tearing up?"
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In the blog entry, Fonda didn't reference her political activism, including protesting the Vietnam War. She was photographed during a trip to North Vietnam in 1972 seated on an anti-aircraft battery and was called "Hanoi Jane."
"The Fondas have always been cryers," Fonda wrote. Referring to actor Henry Fonda, she said, "My father once said, Fondas cry at a good steak. My son and daughter are the same. But I find my emotions are way more accessible than they were when I was younger, and I’ve come to feel it has to do with age.
"I have become so wonderfully, terribly aware of time, of how little of it I have left; how much of it is behind me, and everything becomes so precious."
Fonda, who starred in such hit films as "Barefoot in the Park," "On Golden Pond," and Barbarella," said that as she gets closer to the end, she’s able to appreciate "the beauty in small things more than when I was younger perhaps because I pay attention more."
She continued, "I ache for unwanted children in the world, for polar bears, and elephants, whales, and Monarch butterflies, and dolphins, gorillas, and chimpanzees."
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That’s got my vote. I’d also add a pigeon feeder on the roof.
I imagine some of her “tears” are from the weight of her guilt.
But if you're Vietnamese and not a fan of Communism, well then screw you!
Just thought I'd fill that in for you, Jane. Thank me.
Wow is she really that old?
Apparently so, and I would also think that she has yet to face her own mortality in any significant way.
Say this because I have faced mine twice now as a result of medical issues, I’ve been close to the end, and I tell you it was scary but at this same time such experience changes one’s outlook on the end.
You know now I look at death like yeah I don’t want to die, I mean who does, but when I do I’m just leaving this place, and I’m going to go see the loved ones that I lost, including the dogs that I’ve lost, and my grandma and my dad, and that is very comforting.
And in my case, it’s not just a belief that I’m going to see them, I know am. I know they are there now looking out for me while I’m here so, I’m just not so concerned about dying anymore.
Oh God. Nevermind the millions of aborted babies JANE. Nevermind.
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