Nothing seems like it is…nothing is like it should be…nothing lasts and everything/everyone goes away.

"Nothing seems like it is…nothing is like it should be…

nothing lasts and everything/everyone goes away." 

Seems appropriate for a new years' post.

Seems appropriate for an everyday post.

What do you think when you read that little quote? …"Nothing seems like it is…nothing is like it should be…nothing lasts and everything/everyone goes away. "

In your mind what is happening? Conjuring images of decay? Destruction? Remodeling? Starting anew? Reconstruction?

I know that some will respond with: the love of god lasts, the true love of a soul mate lasts, the "beloved-ness" of a four legged fur baby lasts, the security of financial stability lasts, memories tucked into the recess of our mind last….

Yet

I know others that could respond to those true statements with an equally true and valid: until god becomes silent, that true love wanders, the fur baby succumbs to disease, the financial floor drops, and the mind loses the ability to recall memories. 


My thought today revolves around images of endurance. Perseverance and permanence.

My thought today illuminates that fragility of life.

Nothing…nothing that I can imagine endures.

No building, though well structured and engineered, endures forever.  Yes, many edifices last centuries. I've been to Europe, strolled centuries old church aisles teeming with stories, spirits and fingerprints of the ancients.

No relationship maintains forever. Intensity and ease balance out with an ebb and flow. Knicks and dents of anger, hurts and forgiveness leave tender healing spots. Eventually one partner dies and the union breaks. Memories, children, photos and endeavors of the union last but for a time.

Spiritualness transfers much of our resilience to an outer worldly entity. That transfer concretely aids in our ability to withstand the toss and tumble of our world. If one accesses his or her spirit lifeblood, then much of living is buffered. Hope for an after life, unseen support through crisis and emotional connections often times comfort and guide a person. Yet that too, upon death is broken in the world of the living. What in actuality transpires in the land of the dead, no one living truly fully knows. Yes, I believe in the reported glimpses of an after life that few have journeyed back to reveal. But a glimpse does not encompass all facets.

My thought today, with questions overflowing, illuminates the fragility of living.

Why spend our time while living in anything but that which brings joy and peace?
Why spend our time while living in anything but that which fulfills?
Why spend our life while we have time with anyone that robs our tranquility?
Why spend our life while we have time with pursuits which once completed leave un-fullfillment?
Why spend precious moments in selfish anger?
Why spend precious moments in silent disarray?
Why transfer our loyalty to those who do not return loyalty?
Why transfer our passion to those who do not respect passion?

Why live as if life equals forever?

Life, a gift once birthed fragile and fleeting, might better be treated as treasure.
Life, a gift once birthed exists fragile fleeting and at best purely treasured.

Life…YOUR life exists today because lungs are breathing.
Life…YOUR life exists today because heart is beating.
Life. . . YOUR life exists today because blood flows.

With WHAT will your life today reflect?
With WHAT will your tomorrow glisten?

All possibilities:

life giving peace?

strangling turmoil?

multiple layers of discord?

belly laughter?

unwavering passion?

senseless wastefulness?

positive preservation of self?

determined decisions toward change?

joys of strangers' smiles?

smoothness of babies hands?

a health walk toward physical freedom?

a dream created into tangible reality?

a 'nothing-held-back' dance?

energy draining job?

useless worry and drama?

strident steps toward contentment?

To answer The Question "what reflection, what 2014 glistening will be YOUR life?" pries at our soul's locked doors of restraint and for answers, begs.

To answer The Question "what reflection, what 2014 glistening will be YOUR life?" brushes tarnished locks of fear and allows courage peeks toward light.

Take a moment for yourself, look into the mirror of your spirit and ponder:

what reflection, what 2014 glistening will be YOUR life?

but I do more than simply question,

I challenge you to answer.