In a recent Face Book posting, I mocked a group of people who have dedicated their lives to traveling around the country in RV's, preached the gospel of the Apocalypse. It was pretty easy to poke fun at them because they are pretty wacky. Their leader and founder has missed on his previous predication for the end of the world and the ensuing rapture. His latest prognostication is for, I believe, May 11th.
Well, after the very difficult winter we had in the Northeast, the recent, torrential rain here and subsequent massive flooding, and the devastating 8.9 magnitude earth quake in Japan, perhaps I was a bit hasty with my mockery. Could this actually be the Armageddon as it is predicted in the Bible?
I suppose that, one way or the other, only time will tell for sure. In that case, it couldn't hurt for me to get my shit together! :)
PS: If you actually did know the timing of the actual end of the universe, would it change how you lived? Have you contemplated the fact that the universe WILL end for all of us? Because it will. We even have a name for it (and it's NOT Armageddon). It's called death. And it should not be feared. It is the other side of the same coin whose other face is called life. So, my dear friends, just a reminder to live and love everyday like it was your last. Class dismissed. :)
photo: F LoBuono The Shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico near Biloxi, Mississippi the day after Hurricane Kartina.
Over a fog bound sea
ReplyDeleteIn a frail bark without a name;
Going nowhere
From nowhere
No land
No home
Only love.
Yes, sir. I go willingly. I've lived a great life!
ReplyDeleteYou only get one go around.
ReplyDeleteIf you don't make the best of everyday, when you die, the joke will be on you. Unfortunately, you will never know it.
There is no heaven or 72 virgins awaiting you--only decomposition.
Make your own happiness, live every day to the fullest, treat everyone the way you would like to be treated, cherish your friends and family and you will have no regrets.
Well put gang! Love today, tomorrow, forever.
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