Hmmm…
How could this be?
We are profoundly unaware of the present…
This ever illusive place
where the past and the future slide into each other.
That is, the here and now, the place that we always are, is the place that we are least likely to see for what its fully is.
I’m also infected with this human condition. if you examine my thoughts closely, you will find them mostly occupied with the past and the future. We scarcely ever think of the present; and if we did think of it, it is only to take light from it to arrange the future…
The present is never our end…
The past and the present are our means; the future alone is our end.
So we never really live, but we hope to live; and, as we are always preparing to be happy, it is inevitable we should never be.
Oddly, all we have is this present, but if we are plagued with the inability to recognize or appreciate it, do we really have it?
It seems quiet here…
From this little shelter of mine I watched the world
I can see the mood swing from one extreme to another….
and I can see and feel it changing again….
This generation of which I can’t deny being a part of.
Is mood driven, today we praise one thing…
Tomorrow we denounce the very same thing, all based on nothing but mood.
A generation driven by mood can be as unpredictable and dangerous as a pet lion.
We are living in a time when sensitivities are at the surface…
mood, mood… mood……..
It can be a dangerous state of mind.
You see, moods are far too often given the authority
To crush reason under the weight of feeling.
And alarmingly, it is precisely a “mood”
That represents this generation thought best.
We are becoming as narrowly ‘practical’ as the irrational
animals. We are simply not interested in the question of truth or falsehood.
We only want to know what’s the current societal mood.
This generation justifies the saying
Truth is stranger than fiction…
Reality is more ironic than fiction…..
I can sense the mood changing again…
Hope you had a nice Easter celebration.
I had a very nice time with my family,
though my mind drifted off into the land of thoughts, as always…
…Who is this man that came back from the dead?
Why does he have such a great influence over the human race;
even after he has left the scene for more than two thousand years?
His name is Jesus Christ.
That name stirs up extreme emotions.
Many devote their lives to the study of his life and claims,
some out of love, others out of hatred for him.
The theologians, the philosophers, the scientists…
all have something to say about him.
He is the most studied presence in the history of mankind.
I’m not talking in a religious sense; for religion I don’t have much regard.
I’m talking about the person “Jesus Christ,�
who seems to be more than the ordinary.
Could he be the missing factor that brings meaning and coherence to life,
seeing that he has existed in both the world of the living and the dead?
Hmmm…
I think it would do me well to take personal stock of his life and history.
What to expect?
I don’t know…
But you could come along with me, if you dare.
You see, there are certain hopes in each of our lives that shape our world view, orient our direction, and provide a sense of coherence to confront life’s most plaguing questions. Whenever we come to a place where our hope seems to let us down,
it is either because that hope was not intended to hold such authority, or because the hope, though worthy, was not in sync with our expectations.
In any case reality must be our goal and truth our path, for the lure of expectation and predisposition is profound…
