(1) Realizing Life- (reread Lucinda Matlock) What does it take to "realize life?" How do you realize life? Do you think anyone, ever, really CAN realize life? What kind of events might help us to realize life?
I believe this may be one of those things were you have to lose it to truly appreciate it. Although this may sound morbid, it may be true. One may have to lose what their idea of life to reality, or even have a near death experience to know what living truly is. I believe that it is possible to realize life, but only when you’ve passed on to Heaven will you really understand the true meaning of why we are here and what the grand scheme of the universe is. We may be able to get a small glimpse of it while we are still alive.
(2) "There's something way down deep about every person" How would you define that thing that makes us uniquely human, that connects us as humans, that makes us a part of "the circle of life?"
I would define it as being a soul, but that my religious take on it. Some people do not believe in religion and are strongly opposed to any idea of it. I believe what separates us from most animals is the fact that we have a soul. The truth is that each and every one of us is different and created specially and uniquely. We are part of the circle of life not only because we can be created, live, and then pass on (almost like the cycle of a butterfly), but that our bodies are practically the same material as everything else in the universe. It may be arranged in different sequences, but essentially it is all the same. When our bodies die, it decomposes and provides for other living creatures in the future, even other humans.
(3) "This is the way we were" What things (referring specifically to the list we made for the bulletin board items) do you think were handled the same or differently in the past as compared to now? (example: you will find that with regard to birth, things are far more open than even in the recent past. Dads come into the delivery room, with video cameras for goodness sake!)
Things that were regarded as improper or taboo back then are now acceptable. Just as with any culture what is acceptable and what is not is constantly changing. Before women would be seen as promiscuous if they left the house without five petticoats on underneath their corset and gown. Women now leave the house wearing shorts with a three inch inseam and tube tops that barely cover their breasts. Children are not longer expected to stand at the dinner table, and are in general more spoiled. I’m not saying that children should stand at a dinner table, but a hundred years ago an orange was a wonderful Christmas present, and now children want Power wheels and Barbies and electric scooters.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)