The Orpheus Paradox: Maybe Looking Back Can Help You Move Forward

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Sometimes, looking back is the only way to move forward

After his lover Eurydice's untimely death, Orpheus descends to the Underworld to attempt to win her back. He plays his lyre for Hades, who is so moved that he grants Orpheus permission to lead Eurydice out, warning him that he must not turn around to look back at her, or she will be lost forever. Orpheus agrees, believing the task to be easy, but ultimately, suspicion is his downfall. He turns around, needing to be sure that Eurydice is following him.

Lot goes, but his wife, Sarah, doesn't heed the angel's command to flee without looking back. Her punishment is swift and total.There was no one in the bar: just empty tables hosting empty chairs. I swayed unsteadily in the doorway, wondering if I should leave, but found a perch at the bar instead, giving what had become my signature drink order: une Soixante-quatre, usually the cheapest beer on the menu, and totally adequate.

I was young, but I wasn't fooled: magnanimous lip service aside, it was obvious that some sins ranked as more egregious than others. When I learned, around seven or eight years old, what a lesbian was, I tried to relay the information to my best friend and an older acquaintance during a church trip, buzzing with pride, feeling uncharacteristically worldly.

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