The Meaning of Life?
Last week I was regaling my wife with a news story I’d came across that day. It was about the discovery, in Argentina, of a gigantic prehistoric communal crapper… And indeed the oldest such site ever unearthed.
The site dated back to around 240 million years ago and consisted of thousands of fossilised dinosaur poos.
Truly mind boggling stuff…
As my re-telling of the story continued however, Katie stopped me in my tracks.
She said, “I don’t want to hear about this. That dinosaur crap freaks me out.”
At this point I tried to explain that the crap in question was fossilised and as such not really that unpleasant or smelly at all…
“No” she said. “Not the ‘crap’ just this whole Dinosaur thing”…
What was bothering her was the very fact that Dinosaurs once roamed the earth and that this was 240 million years ago.
When you stop and think about this, it is pretty tough to comprehend.
It makes you realise that our lives are mere specks on the vast tapestry of time… And in another 240 million years what will any of it matter?
We are thus confronted with the potential meaninglessness of life…..
…and you thought you were just having a look at a boat for sale!
Anyway, whether you’re religious or not, we all must grapple with the question of life’s meaning in our own way.
But I’ll tell you one thing for certain.
Our time on this Earth is short.
This is not a dress rehearsal.
Who knows what’s next, but I reckon we should make the absolute most of the here and now.
So, if you’ve been promising yourself and your family a boat for years… just buy one.
Here’s one you could have right now – A 2008 Quicksilver in immaculate condition
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Pomen življenja?
Prejšnji teden sem svojo ženo razveseljeval z novico, na katero sem naletel tisti dan. Šlo je za odkritje v Argentini velikanskega prazgodovinskega komunalnega drobirja ... In dejansko najstarejšega takega najdišča, kar je bilo kdaj odkrito.
Najdišče je bilo pred približno 240 milijoni let in je bilo sestavljeno iz na tisoče fosiliziranih iztrebkov dinozavrov.
Resnično osupljive stvari ...
Ko se je moje ponovno pripovedovanje zgodbe nadaljevalo, me je Katie ustavila.
Rekla je: »Nočem slišati o tem. To sranje o dinozavrih me prestraši."
Na tej točki sem poskušal razložiti, da je bilo zadevno sranje fosilizirano in kot taka sploh ni tako neprijetno ali smrdljivo ...
"Ne," je rekla. "Ne 'sranje', samo ta zadeva z dinozavri"...
Motilo jo je samo dejstvo, da so nekoč po zemlji romali dinozavri in da je bilo to pred 240 milijoni let.
Ko se ustavite in razmislite o tem, je to precej težko razumeti.
Zaradi tega spoznaš, da so naša življenja le slanina na ogromni tapiseriji časa ... In kaj bo v naslednjih 240 milijonih let kaj od tega pomembno?
Tako smo soočeni s potencialno nesmiselnostjo življenja....
…in si mislil, da si samo ogledoval čoln za prodajo!
Kakorkoli že, ne glede na to, ali ste verni ali ne, se moramo vsi spopasti z vprašanjem smisla življenja na svoj način.
Ampak eno stvar vam bom zagotovo povedal.
Naš čas na tej zemlji je kratek.
To ni generalna vaja.
Kdo ve, kaj sledi, a menim, da bi morali kar najbolj izkoristiti tukaj in zdaj.
Torej, če že leta sebi in svoji družini obljubljate čoln ... ga preprosto kupite.
Tukaj je eno, ki bi jo lahko imeli zdaj - Quicksilver iz leta 2008 v brezhibnem stanju
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