Apparently this a good way to avoid criticism (Elbert Hubbard).
Sounds attractive. Kind of like pulling the sheet overhead, shutting eyes, just letting it all happen. How delicious!
Only ...
... not.
The stress of making decisions never appeals so much as when the decision seems made for you.
The complexity of life never appears so manageable as when it is simplified without one's consent.
Contentment, cosy-ness and hunkering down, relaxing with loved ones become far more attractive concepts when there is no chance of doing those things.
Freedom attracts the wild at heart - until those defining moments when new "freedoms" are granted without mercy.
We'll do, say, and be many things, us four.
Realising that dying and losing is something all humans do continuously, not just at the end of the physical life on earth.
L
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Hey Lois
ReplyDeleteYour blog today really moved me - very true. Let us all seize the day and cherish every opportunity that comes with it whether we choose them or not.
"To do, we must dare."
ReplyDelete"If it's going to be, it depends on me."
I wonder if alliteration sounds more serious than rhyme all the time. (Unintended alliteration and rhyme in that sentence.)