Jackson Radcliffe's Blog - Posts Tagged "meaning-of-life"
Life is a mystery
I’ve lived in this world for what seems like a terribly long time, or sometimes barely any time at all. And I’ve learned a lot, or perhaps almost nothing.
I’ve learned that the world is senseless and meaningless and that life is without purpose. And I’ve learned that the world is rational and ordered and that we have the power to create our own meaning and purpose.
I’ve learned that people are strong and clever, and weak and stupid. And that we all make mistakes, and do the right thing too.
I’ve learned that we need forgiveness and that we need to be thanked.
And I know that we need to love and be loved, not because we are perfect and worthy of adoration, nor because we are broken and needy, but because we are all these things at once.
I have learned that life is a complicated mystery, but sometimes very simple and clear.
Originally published on Blog Blogger Bloggest.
I’ve learned that the world is senseless and meaningless and that life is without purpose. And I’ve learned that the world is rational and ordered and that we have the power to create our own meaning and purpose.
I’ve learned that people are strong and clever, and weak and stupid. And that we all make mistakes, and do the right thing too.
I’ve learned that we need forgiveness and that we need to be thanked.
And I know that we need to love and be loved, not because we are perfect and worthy of adoration, nor because we are broken and needy, but because we are all these things at once.
I have learned that life is a complicated mystery, but sometimes very simple and clear.
Originally published on Blog Blogger Bloggest.
Life is not a journey, nor a circle
Two popular metaphors for life liken it to a journey, or a circle. Yet both are entirely unhelpful I find. For there is no circle of life, nor any destination.
Every life is a unique set of experiences, to be lived once and never repeated. When it is over, it’s over. Life is not a progression towards some final state or goal, or a path to an unknowable beyond. It is here. It is now.
Nobody truly knows what life is for, but the philosopher Alan Watts perhaps came closest when he described life as a dance. And the point of a dance, he said, is the dancing.
One day there will be no more dancing. So I urge you, dance until the music stops.
Originally published on jacksonradcliffe.com.
Every life is a unique set of experiences, to be lived once and never repeated. When it is over, it’s over. Life is not a progression towards some final state or goal, or a path to an unknowable beyond. It is here. It is now.
Nobody truly knows what life is for, but the philosopher Alan Watts perhaps came closest when he described life as a dance. And the point of a dance, he said, is the dancing.
One day there will be no more dancing. So I urge you, dance until the music stops.
Originally published on jacksonradcliffe.com.
