I have lived nearly 50 years, and I have seen life as it is. Pain, misery, hunger...cruelty beyond belief.
I have heard the singing from taverns and the moans from bundles of filth on the streets. I have been a soldier and seen my comrades fall in battle...or die more slowly under the lash in Africa. I have held them in my arms at the final moment. These were men who saw life as it is, yet they died despairing. No glory, no gallant last words...only their eyes filled with confusion, whimpering the question: "Why?"
I do not think they asked why they were dying, but why they had lived. When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?
Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams--this may be madness. To seek treasure where there is only trash. Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.
Now I'm going to read a little Frankl to balance things out...LOL
A great reminder about finding a nobler perspective and keeping the dream. It also reminds me that I've been wanting to find the DVD of Man of La Mancha to view that play again.
Look for this video on www.youtube.com My friend Tom Stephen put the following video on you tube a few days. Helped to turn around my thinking during a week when our congregation lost two people, and Tom's extended family lost three people.
Living Knowing You Will Die - PCH Disciples - Tom Stephen
Love, hugs and prayers,
Deanna
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