NOT KNOWING

NOT KNOWING

It seems a lot less like work

Well, *sigh* I’m not doing very well at writing shorter blogs.. . I was supposed to work on that. But, I’ve been a failure. I should flog myself . . . .

I don’t know why I don’t take my whips and chains to work. There are plenty of good uses for them there. . . Anyway, you would think such a true confession would hinder me from typing anything further.

Nope. Maybe it’s like smoking, and I’m addicted now. . . Maybe I’m just a-five- paragraph-a-day writer now . . .

Hey, you don’t have any idea where this is going, do you? Neither do I. Which is good. It seems a lot less like work that way. . .

If each of us knew what we are supposed to do in life I suppose we might all run the other way and nothing ever get done.

You wouldn't burden a 6 year old with horror stories about 12th grade algebra would you? No. They might flee and never return to school. A little ignorance is a good thing. It helps you grow instead of fleeing or curling up into a wimpering ball of blubbering fear - all because what is expected of you later in life might be more than you can bare right now. So like, if I knew what each day at work would be like, I wouldn’t always have two weeks or more of holiday built up to use. I’d be using those vacatiuon days to avoid the tough daysat work. But, my employer would suffer, because my employer needs me the most on the days that are tough.

If I had known what my life up till now would be like, I would have probably melted and belted from this life a loooooong time ago, I think.

But you are here - because I didn’t. So let me ask you, would you make the most of every moment today, if you knew what tomorrow held?

No you would not. Lets look at it.

If you knew tomorrow was good, you would anticipate it, and obsess over it, and you would waste time as fast a possible. . . all so tomorrow would get here sooner.

But if you knew tomorrow was going to be bad, then you might appreciate today a lot more, but you would probably not be able to enjoy it. You would be all full of dread and worrying about the coming badness tomorrow.

See? Ignorance can be fun, blissful even. Humf. . . . Reminds me of one of my favorite songs: SEALS & CROFTS "We May Never Pass This Way (Again)" “Life, so they say, is but a game and we let it slip away. Love, like the Autumn sun, should be dyin' but it's only just begun. Like the twilight in the road up ahead, they don't see just where we're goin'.” “Like Columbus in the olden days, we must gather all our courage. Sail our ships out on the open sea. Cast away our fears And all the years will come and go, and take us up, always up. We may never pass this way again. We may never pass this way again. We may never pass this way again. So, I wanna laugh while the laughin' is easy. I wanna cry if it makes it worthwhile. We may never pass this way again, that's why I want it with you. 'Cause, you make me feel like I'm more than a friend. Like I'm the journey and you're the journey's end. We may never pass this way again, that's why I want it with you, baby. We may never pass this way again. We may never pass this way again. We may never pass this way again. We may never pass this way again.”