Questions And Answers?

 

How can we know what we are

When we do not know why we are here?

 We do not understand what we do,

While we say we do.

Like random shafts of light

From a life-giving sun

We are here, and we act

Knowing not how or why,

We are here,

To do what we do.

We act on our random thoughts

Shafts of light flashing through our brains,

Finding whatever whys we can

For the things we do.

Wherefore this celestial construction?

We stand our ground

On this tiny speck  

In a whirling mass of matter

In a colossal emptiness.

Wherefore this spark of life

Where once was nothingness?

Does our passage matter?

Does a kindness matter

In a world filled with horrors?

Will I/you be remembered tomorrow

For an evil deed,

For a thing done, undone?

Do things matter?

Do futures matter?

We stumble, struggle,

Turn darkness into light,

Wonders flowing

From our hands and minds.

We are here.

We have hopes.

We have dreams.

We have a future.

We are the future!

We go on with our lives, no matter where we are on the age spectrum, starting out or looking back and contemplating our pasts. In our beginnings we have no alternative to sallying forth. Others expect it of us, and most of us expect it of ourselves. Some believe it’s just a scam and waste many productive years before they buckle down. I never gave it a second thought, having a part-time job all through high school, saving my money for the come what may. When I became a father much too young I just kept on going ‘til I had a trade that would pay the bills. Like most of us, I had no illusions about parental support or a fairy godmother.

Most of us had no time to speculate about our place in the universe, or the piece of rock where humanity found itself. Some of us obviously found that question an imperative to find an answer for.

Many of us came to consider those questions, looking for answers only after we had figured out how to put bread on the table. Most of us were too busy during that time, building those relationships that would determine the shape of our lives, the boss we worked for, the people we loved, those people and things that would spur us to continue our efforts, whatever we were doing.

But many of us did get to confront those questions at some time in our lives. Not that we necessarily determine answers that would satisfy us. Many of us have not been able to do that. Maybe the lucky ones are those that have found answers that can satisfy them, answers that they can live with. Many of us will just have to live with the unanswered questions.

If you are among the fortunate ones that can live with the unanswered questions, and be content in the belief that what you are doing is worthwhile doing, what you have done and accomplished was worthwhile to have done, then life is great!

You probably have people around you that you love and who love you. And if you don’t, you can rightly love yourself.

The rest of us can struggle on to try to get to that happy state.

What’s happening at your house?

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