BENEFITS OF BEING
7/18/08
There are many benefits that come with being. Far , far greater are the prospects for those of us who exist, than for those who do not. Regardless how futile our existence may seem at times, it is much better than the alternative of non existence.
We may ask why our existence seems less prosperous, or less famous or less loved, or less healthy, but are we really any less than someone else ? If Jefferson’s statement of All Men Are Created Equal has any merit, then I believe it is as good a place to start our existence than any other. We are all endowed in life with one gift in common; that is life itself. What we do with our gift depends upon us and what happens to us depends largely upon fate. Each life is a unique gift . For some life is very short, and for others it is extremely long. What trials and tribulations are accumulated by an extremely old person, are not a part of the life of one who dies young. Who is really better off. Who’s gift is greater?
We only know death by it’s fearful legend. We who have not died yet have no knowledge of what happens to someone after they die. I believe death is not final. It is merely the beginning of a new experience, perhaps a new and better life. I prefer to concentrate upon enhancing the pleasures and gaining the maximum benefits of living my present life. I prefer to see the sun in the morning as a friend and rain as a shower that cleans and quenches the earth, and I see the wind as a whimsical fool going nowhere and everywhere leaving behind it a calm , beneficial breeze.
I like to look at flowers, as they open their petals in the morning to collect the dew and spread themselves towards the sunlight . I enjoy looking at plush carpets of grass moist with mist and green with life. I often smile as I listen to the cacophony of early morning bird songs, mimicing each other or singing over each other, creating a Stravinsky like symphony of natural notes with dissonant harmonies in atonal unity.
I enjoy the non monetary benefits of my existence far more than the monetary benefits. The reason for this is because there are far more non monetary benefits to my life than monetary. I am wealthier than all comprehension, when I try to tally up my non monetary wealth. The monetary wealth of all billionaires pooled together, is far less than I own.
L.A. STEEL
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