Well kiddies, this life is
an interesting time. Theres the saying that goes something along the lines of you can never see around the rivers bend, or something like that, either way you know what I'm talking about. Well at this point in my life i have discovered that life is a river in every aspect...like a level 5 rapid river with Zero straightaways, and forget there are sharks in the river and the river is running through an inescapable desert. Oh and theres a hole in your boat... Now my people let me get biblical while I explain my parable!Conman, thou speakest of a raging torrent with not straight paths? What meanest thou by this?
Well son, life is never easy. Even when you look at a river, often times it can appear calm on the surface, but you can never really be sure whats going on under the surface.
For example my life right now to most people in my ward I seem like an average joe just going about my life like no big deal while in reality the currents and eddies(A current, as of water or air, moving contrary to the direction of the main current, especially in a circular motion) are going LOCO under the surface! Life has no easy parts, and you can never really see whats coming next, at least I know I can't, maybe that black guy in Africa from Heroes can, because well he can see the future the lucky duck! But I digress, life has no script, we can't ever know whats happening around the bend. Once again I will use myself as an example of this. I had something change in my life, that was purely me, as in no one else made this change or helped me make it. Just me. And honestly, I cannot believe it happened. I pulled a complete 180, I'm not even mad at myself! In fact I think it was actually a really positive change!But C-dog, what meanest thou by the great sharks of the seas abiding in rivers? First off, I was watching animal planet the other day, there totally are sharks living in rivers, in like the Mississippi or something!!! Can you believe that? Scary huh! But the sharks that live in the rivers of life are a little different obviously. These can really be a number of different things, like situations, or people mostly. Either way, they come out of nowhere from under the surface to appear in your life, and then they attack. Now mind you this might seem a little extreme, but throughout life whether on purpose or not there are plenty of people or situations that will hurt you and try to drag you under the surface. Lots of times they can even seem well intentioned, when in reality they are having a very negative impact on you. Like trying to be friends with a
bad influence because you believe yourself to be there only positive influence. No I don't mean to say we should never try to help the bad influences but it can definitely be a dangerous chore. Because all too often people lose sight of the fact that they are being more negatively impacted, than the other is positively. Fishing for sharks is dirty work, just ask Mike Rowe.Ahh we see now Con-Dog, but thou makest mention of an endless sea of sand that engulfs the
land about the river? Please tell us what thou meanest by this? Life is life, it is inescapable. So in terms of the parable, you can try to go to the banks of the river and leave life behind but in reality you have nothing to go. There's no other choices. And if you pursue a life...outside of life? You will go to your doom. In the sense that the people who do generally commit suicide, or become shut-ins who are completely detached from the outside world and are un-happy. You can't run away from life and your problems they have to be faced. The alternative is certain death, either physical or mental.ConMan at last we understand thy words, but we must also know what thou speaketh of in relation to the whole in the boat. That ones easy. Everyone has a hole in their boat, because everybody is dying. The important goal in life is getting to see as much of the river as you can.
Well theres my philosophical message for the day people, maybe if you're good I will have something a little more interesting to share with you next time.
