Death is coming

The closer death creeps up upon me the less I am able to understand the reasons for life or living.

Yes I have experienced a close family member dying and unlike television it takes decades to handle such a thing. To think I am going to put my family through such a thing when I finally leave is more horrific to me than the thought of death itself.

My life was and is still a learning experience but when all said and done what am I to do with all this accumulated learning over my lifetime if I just die. There is no logic or reason to this.

Long ago I became aware that the God story that is sold to the majority is just a nice story to give mankind with a message of a basic layout of how nice life could be if everyone followed these ideas. Not many in life do and if one thinks about it the good and evil structures actually depend on each other. The good that can be experienced in life is only understood as good when there is it's opposite to compare it to. This is not rocket science only common sense in reality. I am not saying we need to experience bad but understanding in it is needed to appreciate the great things many of us can have in our lives. From birth to death there are many ways mankind helps his fellow man. How many ways can you help?


Thursday, September 30, 2010

A Deeper View Of The Simple Tool Called "Clock"

By Fred Pitt

The clock is never stagnant like many other things. It is always moving at the same rate trying to remind us that time is not something we have forever. When that time is up, existence comes to an end.

In this way, the clock takes on a creepy form of being the fate reminder. Making sure that we do not think the world will come to a stand still for us. We are supposed to cherish the time that we have on this globe.

Instead of the clock making us just drop everything down and enjoy the time we have, it forces us to do the opposite.

Every single time we look at a clock we cannot help it but wonder if we are going to make it to that appointment. We keep thinking about the job at hand that we have to handle. It is all about toil and hard work with the clock in your face.

The clock however does not let just anyone slack. It is a slave master that makes sure you are too busy to stop and smell the roses.

Like many slave masters, the clock has its own way of motivating us. If you have to be somewhere it will help you make it in time. If you have a task it will let you know how much time you have to finish it. It will always make sure that you do not forget that there is always more to be done.

It propels us into the future and yet makes sure that we keep our heads in the present knowing that time is not infinite for us; a beautifully balanced dichotomy.

In the end, when you think about it closely, a clock has the same dual nature that you would find in this world when you observe most of humanity.

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