A) This is the way things are, B) and this is what we can do about it, C) and that's that. D) And THAT'S the way things are! The A-B-C-D's of life/living/being alive. Coming to terms with them, making our peace with them, being okay, alright, fine with them is the work of being alive. Why do we fight it so? Hate it so? Resent it so? Deny it so? Denial is our most popular response. Drugs/Sex/Alcohol/Religion, you know. Compensation for being stuck in a life we can't bear to live. We take our mind off our plight anyway we can. Thinking about heaven and how it will be one day by and by. Or just not thinking about it at all, with the other three options offering distraction and diversion all along life's way. Through it all, the reality remains. I recommend embracing the reality. Dancing with the reality. Doing what we can with the reality. And letting that be that. Doing what we can with the reality includes not taking it seriously. And doing what needs to be done within the givens of our life every day in a "So What? Who Cares? Anyway! Nevertheless! Even So!" kind of way. If soldiers on the battle front can face what awaits them in that way, the rest of us can apply it wherever/whenever/however we are as well. What is our life asking of us? Do it! Smiling, laughing, dancin' in the rain all the way! Live each day like it needs to be lived! Like it needs us to live it! Like only we can live it! Anyway! Nevertheless! Even So! Every Day! In spite of the fact that we need better choices! These are the choices we have! Drawing from our original nature, our innate virtues/specialties the silence/emptiness/stillness and choose what needs to be chosen doing what/when/where/how it needs to be done! Every Day!
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