Tautological Esotericism

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.

“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”               - John Foer