One of my friends was asked to write an 8
page essay for school on the topic of “Making a Difference.” There’s not a
single person who wishes that they could go through life without being
remembered for doing something good on behalf of humanity. However, it’s also
true that we spend a great deal of time accumulating personal wealth,
entertaining ourselves, and living what can only be described as a quite
mediocre existence.
It’s so strange how certain things tend to
preoccupy your thoughts during certain stages of life. I used to enjoy
philosophy, and I still believe that it’s a subject most worthy of debate. I recently had a conversation with someone who has studied many different philosophies. He has come to the conclusion that you only ever find partial answers, and
none of them even come close to satisfying all of life’s questions.
One of the biology professors at a
university was giving a lecture on evolution, and was quick to point out that
some people might have a problem with it based on their particular beliefs. He
proceeded to tell his students that it would be better if they just left their
religion at the door, but he couldn’t ask them to remove their head pieces because
that would be violating the Charter of Rights.
Tim Hortons sends 17,000 economically disadvantaged children to camp each summer. It’s a most brilliant way to get the public to join them in securing future employees and customers. - I guarantee that they aren’t feeding the kids McMuffins and Dilly bars.
I have an acquaintance that tends to make
up very elaborate stories. (I still have
yet to see the new car that was purchased a year ago, or the quad, or the
boat.) – The boat is still For Sale, I walked by it yesterday. Someone asked me the question; Do you think
that this acquaintance actually believes that he has made those purchases? It had never occurred to me that an
alternate reality might be the motivation and not the need for attention.
Statistics show that 73% people over the age of
50 are more likely to believe that there is an afterlife. You could argue that they
had a more religious upbringing, but the reality is that they become much more
cognizant of the fact that life is but a flash in the pan.
The most interesting aspect of human
experience is that everyone gets to participate. Farmers have a saying “Sow in
the dust and your bins will bust.” There might be something to it, but what
they’re really saying is that no matter how bad things look, don’t give up.
Despite our profound ability to mess things up, there is also a sequence of unforeseen
events that bring order to the chaos.
