March 09, 2025

Edna St. Vincent Millay nailed it with her,
"Life must go on, I forget just why," line.

It doesn't matter why.
We don't have to feel like it,
like doing anything.
We just have to do it.
When, where and how it needs to be done.

Having the fire for it,
the life for it,
helps,
but it isn't necessary.
"Fake it 'til you make it,"
Is the AA form of encouragement.

Acting like it matters
will do in the absence of
it actually mattering.

The baby doesn't care why
you change their diaper,
as long as you do it 
the way it needs to be done.
Fake tender love and devotion,
so well that the baby can't tell
the difference.

That's all that life asks of each of us.
Live as though we care about what we are doing
so that no one can tell the difference.
And, soon enough, we won't 
be able to tell the difference either. 
Faking sincerity to the point of fooling ourselves
is living sincerely.

Or close enough.