The only thing that lasts is ...

• the sense of belonging to a place
• garbage
• repression
• the truth of Marx's teaching as interpreted by Lenin
• the unfolding of the tale
• the past
• now
• stone
• chaos
• art
• the stick
• the provisional
• hatred
• a memory
• work
• the careless flow of time
• the red earth of Tara
• death
• the enigma of the leaven the eye cannot see
• the growth of knowledge
• a joy beyond
• good soil in the hands of good husbandmen
• the human soul
• change itself
• the theatre building itself
• the green stuff
• the photos
• the nagging thought that nothing lasts forever

[Less-interesting items we left out]:

• friendship
• the good we leave behind
• love
• beauty
• family
• silence
• truth
• a right relationship with God

[Tidbits gathered through the course of our research.  See Bullet Lists.]