Life’s Uncertainties
----- For years Death hunted me. Made me seek shelter where I wished not to be. Made me look at things I wished not to see. Forced me to listen to cries I wished not to hear. And it remained that way year after year.
----- I no longer fear Death. That is no more then life itself. Of course, life itself can be quite fearful. At times Death can seem like the only way out. But this idea to some is fruitless thinking. For it has been told that there is life, even after Death.
----- However, life is so uncertain and Death so definite. For certain everyone and everything will, without a doubt, one day die. In fact, one may as well say “Death is the only certainty there is to life.”
----- I’m no longer hunted by Death. I don’t allow it. I no longer seek shelter in his shadows. Now I look only at things I wish to see and for the truth. And I hear only what I allow to enter into my ears. Things have changed throughout the years.
----- So fear not the cloak and sickle for I am certain he is coming. It is a waste of time to fear such certainties. The question is not if Death is coming. The only question is when and how we are going to die, not if we are.
----- I’m no longer haunted by nor do I fear Death. And I never will again, not even for just one year
----- For years Death hunted me. Made me seek shelter where I wished not to be. Made me look at things I wished not to see. Forced me to listen to cries I wished not to hear. And it remained that way year after year.
----- I no longer fear Death. That is no more then life itself. Of course, life itself can be quite fearful. At times Death can seem like the only way out. But this idea to some is fruitless thinking. For it has been told that there is life, even after Death.
----- However, life is so uncertain and Death so definite. For certain everyone and everything will, without a doubt, one day die. In fact, one may as well say “Death is the only certainty there is to life.”
----- I’m no longer hunted by Death. I don’t allow it. I no longer seek shelter in his shadows. Now I look only at things I wish to see and for the truth. And I hear only what I allow to enter into my ears. Things have changed throughout the years.
----- So fear not the cloak and sickle for I am certain he is coming. It is a waste of time to fear such certainties. The question is not if Death is coming. The only question is when and how we are going to die, not if we are.
----- I’m no longer haunted by nor do I fear Death. And I never will again, not even for just one year
----- By,
- Peter Collins
- Peter Collins
Well Brother, another good one.
ReplyDeleteI love the saying that a medically challenged child I know's Mom shared with me
Often asked how long will her child live and the Mom never having that answer just as none of us do, her mother came up with a simple answer and one that usually stops people in their tracks. She now just says:
"She'll live until she dies, just like the rest of us"
Now isn't that a good statement that we can all live by,
make it the best until we die!
Glad to have you back, Brother. I too, sometimes wander and drift off from blogging because of different reasons, mostly because of time management, but sometimes it's about certain feelings that I get which range from happiness to sadness to emptiness to guilt. The reasons for these feelings are my own and sometimes I need distance to pull myself back together.
ReplyDeleteThis particular writing of yours is truly my favorite piece of your work because I have never feared Death. I mentioned in Lil's Blog that I have to work a little harder than others to accumulate my "rungs" to Heaven but each and every day of my life is filled with hope and prayer that if it's my last, I want to be in Heaven. When the day comes that my life ceases to exist and, in fact, there is no Heaven, then I am grateful to myself for anything that I have ever done to help someone else.
Yes, indeed, this blogging has opened up a whole line of communication between us all that would
have never happened otherwise. It's so much easier to write feelings of expression than to speak them. Even when we're together, there are no need for words because the love we have for each other are apparent in our eyes...
All my love,
C
----- Well, if there is a Heaven and if I am going there then I just hope that I get there before they close the door. I would hate to have to jump the fence and get caught.(LOL,LOL)
ReplyDelete-- Later, L-U-A,
----- Peter
P.S. Celena, you know I never, not once in my life, did I ever fear death and I still don't. In Nam I was worried about getting shot but was not scared to die. Strange don't you think. Not even when I was having my heart attack,(and I knew I was having a heart attack when it was happening, I had no doubt) did I ever fear death.
ReplyDelete----- It's not easy to explain some of the things I write. Not everything I write is necessarily about me or how I feel about the subject. There ususlly is a connection of some kind between me and my writtings but not always my experience or my feelings directly. Hard for me to explain so I know it has to be hard to understand.But I do love to write when I get started on something.
----- well that's all for now. I thought I would try to make some of my writtings clearer to ya'll.
-- L-U-A, Later,
---- Peter
Believe me, I know what you mean about writing and no need to make things clear...that's the unique quality in writers. Meanings don't have to be clear and/or concise and I find it quite interesting to have conversations, about writings with others, to compare interpretations. Very much like the Bible, in my opinion, interpretations of the reader. Remember, too, I am Stephen King's No. 1 fan!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment; I'm happy to know that you live in Peace, too!!
My love to you, Brother,
C
C you are not Stephen Kings number one fan, I am
ReplyDeletebecause unlike you, I am not saving mines to read at the manor,
I have read them and I will sit on that porch and give all the endings away to you so you better pray I get dementia and i don't remember the endings because I will ruin all you waited for.
Oh and our SK has a new collection of short stories out.
You're very much mistaking about being No. 1 because, unlike you, I actually OWN each and every one of his books, in hard cover. I didn't know about his new collection, but I should be getting it in the mail real soon. I wonder if it's hit the shelf yet, because I usually get them at the same time, sometimes before. I also receive, each year, my very own SK CALENDAR filled with all sorts of "little secrets" that only his No. 1 fans know about....hhhheeeehhhhheee (that's an evil laugh, by the way!!).
ReplyDeleteIt's ok if you tell me the endings, because I think I already have a touch of dementia, so by the time we get to the Manor, I won't remember shit anyway!!!
Have a good weekend, all!!
DAMM!!! WHAT HAVE I BEEN MISSING? I DON'T FEAR DEATH, NEVER HAVE AND NEVER WILL. IT WILL HAPPEN TO ALL OF US. I DO BELIEVE THAT THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT IS COMING TO AN END AND THE JUDGEMENT DAY IS NEARING. GOD SAID THAT HE WOULD NEVER FLOOD THE WORLD AGAIN BUT MAN WILL DESTROY HIMSELF. LOOK AROUND YOU! MAN IS KILLING MAN.
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