For a moment today I pondered ths whole idea of Eden.... And I wondered, if living in paradise, if having all ones desired "seemingly" satisfied, why would Eve want for more? Why was she still seeking "something?" It's an interesting question, and since that question was answered by Eve's supposed fall from grace and direct plunging of the rest of us poor sods into sin, one still can ask and does ask why? Why such a harsh punishment? Why wasn't there a review on "better things to do than talk to snakes?" Why? And why the hell do we always have to ask why? It seems our nature to ask the one question than in almost all situations is without any satisfying answer. Yet we ask on.....we're such lemmings sometimes--onward to the sea we go, and damn...we forgot our life jackets. I'm not being insulting. I'm a lemming too. I have been asking this why question a lot of late, and am as tired of asking it as I am tired of the lack of reply. What is real is that there are millions of why's, and what's also real is getting it in our dense grey matter, that there are no absolutes. There are no answers. In spite of the holy rollers who tell us God has the answers, and that we just need to have faith., and that all will be revealed in time, we're all just still shuffling around in Eden. I say fuck faith and fuck "revealed in time." In spite of hating all the uncertainty, I'd still rather put my "faith"in a strong resume and letters of reference than in any fatalistic apple tasting and tower crashing. I hope you would too. Peace All, c. |