The road not taken

[frualeydis]

I dreamed about an old friend last night and today I discovered that he has a blog. It's a totally un-personal, political blog, but still. I like seeing what people do.
We were really good friends in the years around 1990 when we and a few others were the driving forces in different kinds of political activism, mostly directed at environmental issue, but also about worker's rights and other solidarity issues.
When I met the father of the twins I had been doing this for many years and was quite burnt out on activism and when I had the twins I just dropped out of that environment. And except for a short while around the EU Summit in Göteborg 2001 (pretty neutral and accurate article) I haven't gotten back.
I am happy with my life, but sometimes I miss those days, and feel guilty about my current inactivity; where I use my energy to take care of my family and enjoying myself (aka sewing).

Anyway, Kalle, as his name is, continued with politics and went on to the parliament, where I know he's doing a lot of good. He really is a person I trust. I don't think we've met and sat down and talked for almost ten years, but it doesn't matter; I would trust him with my life, and I would fight well to save his.
But I wonder, if I had chosen politics, where would I have been now? I applied for a job at the party once, that I didn't get, but what if I had got it? For one, I would have been living in Stockholm. And maybe Rickard and I wouldn't have been together?

Comments

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

A very apt description, it's like the spark has died.

/Eva