Every time I
see a drizzle of leaves floating off the trees I shiver. I feel like screaming just like that old
Staples commercial when children realize its back to school time. Not just because of the advent of winter’s
chill but because it means it’s time to put the garden to bed. But the positive side is that I can sit on
the deck and actually think rather than have my eye roam around the yard, ready
to pounce on an errant weed or figuring out another project that needs to be
built, for “improvement” of course.
Yes, it’s nice to sit on the deck and
just look around at nature allowing the mind to drift here and there. Usually by this time of year I am in full
swing with social activities and other projects but for some reason I find
myself very much in a pondering frame of mind.
Is this because I have turned 60?
Is it because we had a very emotionally fraught summer? I don’t know the answer but I very much feel
unsettled.
Which brings me slowly (and definitely
not without less verbage) to Armageddon.
This is a state to which I have always been fascinated because there is
so much scope for what could happen, how it could end, why it could end, and
what the end means. Should the world
self destruct by means of a natural phenomenon such as a giant meteorite
crashing into earth it would be sad but unavoidable. But if it should happen because of man, then
it would be a tragedy beyond all else.
When I think about how far mankind has come and yet we still behave so
primitively I just feel baffled. I do
not understand why the people who lead the world are so selfish and thick-headed. Not to mention short-sighted.
Frequently on Facebook people will share
little slogans with profound ideas to which 100’s will “like”. The world is filled with good people, bright
people, those with wonderful ideas, great compassion, profound thoughts. And yet we have lunatics killing their own
people and a “great” nation preparing to attack the lunatics “to save the world”.
Days like today fill me with despair.
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