Hi Dan, That's a fine example of what I meant when I said in another thread "You're better than this, Dan" Keep it coming. Ian
On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Dan Glover <[email protected]> wrote: > One day we'll wake up and there won't be anymore time to do the things we > dreamed of doing. We'll rationalize how the world is too big and we're way > too small to effect any change in it whatsoever. We'll believe in the > immutability of it all, that no matter how we try we cannot change that > which is apart and separate from us. As we slip backwards down that tunnel > of death and as the darkness engulfs our senses we might hear the muffled > laughter of the gods echoing through eternity. If we are lucky we might > have a split second to wonder: why is it they laugh? > > Perhaps they laugh because we believe in what we are taught, never pausing > so much as a second to question the validity of a world chuck full of > objects awaiting our discovery of them, of never testing the limits of the > laws governing a universe that is said to have existed long before we > became aware of it and which will continue to exist long after we part > ways, of believing so completely in the infallibility of human knowledge > that we never took a moment to challenge the orthodoxy that declares we as > observers of creation can never be part of that creation and bend it to our > own will. > > Most of us will die never realizing the grandeur of the human condition. > Instead we will on our deathbed bemoan our fate as if all this is > preordained, as if we have no choice but to follow the dictates laid out > for us by our well-meaning family and friends who by their love and in > their fear keep us in place, hold us imprisoned in the invisible walls of a > cell created just for us. Should we make even a hint of a move to break out > of the security that these walls offer we will be gently chastised; should > we persist we may well be labeled incorrigible; there are drugs > specifically made to deal with such folk that are deemed much more humane > than the insane asylums of years past. > > We will never find a choice by following the static quality patterns set in > place which are meant to guide us into leading a good and productive life > even if it means we must give up on who we are and what we might become. > Until we disenthrall our very being from the incessant influence of those > naysayers who urge us to give up and accept our destiny we will be > half-dead already. The Giant will drink our blood and nosh our bones and > shit us out when it is finished with us to take another bite of those young > and strong like we once were. > > One day we'll wake up and realize the choices we had were never between > this and that. By then it may well be too late. The icy hands of death will > be clawing at our throats seeking to silence any hint of revelation that > may be blossoming only to fade into that final breath. But I thought I had > more time, we might think, as we recall all those days we spent ensnared in > the clutches of untruths and misunderstandings that only served to lead us > to this inevitable point. We will have spent a lifetime telling ourselves > what we cannot do and what we could have done if only we had the courage to > step outside the norm. > > It's time to wake up now. > > http://www.danglover.com > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
