"What's the point?" I'm not sure what circumstances led to the question. It could have been a private joke between friends for all I know. But, I did respond. I chose to view the question on the grand scale. On the "what is the point of life" scale.
It's an easy enough question to answer. The point of life is to live as long as you can. To survive.
Answering that question is the easy part.
The hard part is deciding what to do with these lives as we struggle to hold on to them knowing the inevitable is, well, inevitable.
Clay Walker once sang, "I wanna live, laugh, love just for today." Sums up my view entirely.
Planning ahead and reminiscing have their place. For me, the bigger point of it all is just to enjoy it all while we can.
We all know life can suck. No one is happy all the time. Even your favorite Ranting Monkey gets down sometimes. And not just "someone pissed me off and I need to write a profanity filled rant about it" down either. But serious, "why is this happening to me" down.
When I get there, when I realize I am asking, "why me," I stop and change the question.
Why not see where this goes?
I get lost quite easily when I'm driving. If I haven't made the trip a hundred times, there's a good chance I'll end up fifty miles from where I'm supposed to be because I missed a turn. It happens so often that I've long since given up any worry over it happening. It is an inevitable part of being me.
Instead of panic, I enjoy the unknown as I make my way to some gas station, or call my wife, to ask for directions. I take in the sights and sounds of the unfamiliar as I head back to my world. I've found some neat things, including alternate routes to my destination, during those times.
I don't worry about how I got lost or why I got lost. I simply accept that I am lost. Why not be lost for a while? Getting lost, figuratively or literally, can be fun. It can be a great adventure and leads to some humorous stories. Lots of living, laughing, and loving along the way.
By now you're probably asking what the point of all this is. Calm down, I'm getting there.
The point is simply this, if you spend too much time searching for the point, you're going to miss the point entirely. Once you accept that life is about living, you can decide how you want to live and start heading in that direction. And if you get lost on your way, look around, you might find a path you never knew existed.
2 comments:
Wow, you've been on a blogging roll lately and I am loving it, catching up with all your latest posts is fun!
I really liked where this post is coming from, yup we all get "lost" at times and aren't sure what the point is or if there even is a point to it all. At times I've felt life was pretty pointless, but I've learned as you summarize here that it's the journey that counts... the experience, or as the saying goes "Life is what happens while you are waiting for something else". You gotta make today count, every day, 'cuz if you don't it's a day wasted. I pity those folks who say "I don't have a life" I always want to fire back "you sure as hell do and you're missing it dumb ass! Great post Monkey Man!!
Right before seeing you commented here, I was writing my post for this weeks 6 word saturday. It deals with exactly this.
And yeah, I have been enjoying getting back in the habit. I have missed this outlet.
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