Life is like a fragile flower
that must be nurtured and appreciated
before it wilts away
the crazy thing is,
the paradox
where we finite humans
live as if we shall never die
a reflection of the divine image?
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Living as if we will never die - not sure if that's a reflection of the divine image... or just callousness towards the value of life?
ReplyDeleteI feel it's more due to selfishness and a certain short sightedness and preference towards the immediacy of certain "pleasures" in life...
Having said that, I think each person hopes to leave a legacy/achieve immortality in some small way. *That* might be the desire to reflect the divine image!
it's more like we don't think about death much... maybe it's the culture which tries to hide it away, to avoid the question of 'the end' in order that we also avoid 'getting our house in order'?
ReplyDeletethat may be a reason for the short sightedness?
That is a nice poem, Andrew
ReplyDeleteYeh, we don't often want to think of death... taking solace in the dream of immortality, or at least, that death is something very far over the distant horizon.
Maybe it is, as you two say, because we want to enjoy the easiness & flow of the status quo, let the currents carry us smoothly along life without needing to think too much of where we are going, lest we need to take responsibility of where we are going, and thus make the strenuous effort to paddle against the waters... to "get the house in order" as u say.
Maybe the joy is in that when we understand where is it that we are being taken, we can truly appreciate that which we are passing - we recognise that the beauty we see are glimmers of the beauty we will one day arrive at; and that the reflection that looks back at us truly is the image of the divine that welcomes us.
Culture is an interesting influence on society. Through marketing, a lot of messages shape our culture and our expectations in life. I noticed that there's a common theme in a lot of marketing material which is based on living life to the max. This involves extensive travel (Getaway show + other travel ads eg. Malaysia, Truly Asia!), materialism (brand differentiation to entice a niche so that every want can be met), looking like a model (coca cola and countless beauty ads + MTV), be cool by being in the drinking (alcoholic) culture (Bunderberg Beer etc) and living life to the extreme (Pepsi Max). It seems that people are believing these messages and get busy doing all this activities one way or another, trying to fit every part of those messages into their lives, forgetting that life is a delicate balance, "like a fragile flower
ReplyDeletethat must be nurtured and appreciated
before it wilts away". Take all these marketing message away, then the perception of life will be very different, hence values + lifestyle will change :) Imagine if marketing promoted love, respect and nurturing life... all the time across all media - i think that would be really cool and the world will be a different place.
Let’s be reminded that these days are the last days and the second coming is soon. We love our friends and people around us so much that we want to see them in heaven for eternity.
“Praise to God our Father because of His mercy in calling you and making His own! Keep strong and courageous :) especially in these last days." - Quote from my friend Yvonne C.
JC