Above is a photo of the RMS Titanic departing Southampton on 10 April 1912.
I have this dream that I will one day sit down at the computer and type out exactly what I'm thinking and feeling so that I can communicate effectively. But until then, I will write and rewrite until I get it all out.
I've been thinking today about the idea of life. In the wake of the recent death of Robin Williams, I am forced to reconcile once again what I think life is and what life actually is. Let's say life is the voyage from one shore to another, and death is anything short of that. Sinking, drowning, getting off course are all possibilities, which could all be caused for multiple reasons. The bottom line is: there is no guarantee you'll make it to the other shore unscathed.
Humans try to invest in insurance, for instance: money, owning beautiful or valuable things, creating offspring, getting an education, etc. What if we call that insurance a boat. Some people have bigger boats, some have little rafts that they hang onto for dear life. The myth is that if you have a bigger boat, that your chances of making it across the ocean are better. Conversely if all you have is a raft, then your chances are mighty slim. I also wonder if religion is a poor man's insurance; I doubt it. But I'm sure at this point you are making the connection to the photo above and the point I am attempting to make. The long and the short of it in life is: not necessarily.
But because we often don't know what to do, we create memes that oversimplify our feelings on the matter. You may have noticed I used the plural form there in referring to who does what. I was informed on my recent trip to England that doing so causes me to lose credibility. (I probably have a negative credibility by now.)
Well, I need to make some coffee before I go see my counselor. I obviously do not have the last word on this topic, nor is this post a really great representation of what I feel about it, but I've gotta save something to write about next time. For the time being, here is another article I found interesting.
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