Every Wednesday afternoon, even in the final years of her life, my great grand mother visited the local cinema for her movie fix. The family legend is, that for a couple of years, the Wednesday matinee was always the Sound of Music! Nobody knows how many times she saw it!
“She went a bit senile at the end” my mum explained, but having watched the film for the first time recently, I’m not so sure. The Joy explodes off the screen and is a delight to watch. Perhaps Great Gran Ma just loved being reminded of the simple joys of living. Perhaps she would agree with me that it is simply the best film I’ve ever seen. All others are just incomparable to it!
When watching the news, or thinking about the state of the world, it’s almost impossible to see the positive. Such Suffering. It’s almost debilitating thinking about it, especially as most of it is totally avoidable. Its depressing a friend said to me, but its only depressing if you have lost your faith in humanity.
War in Ukraine - come on Putin, what’s the point anymore, no one is winning, Pull the plug on it!
Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria - we have the engineering skills to build earthquake proof buildings.
China US tensions - co operate don’t compete.
Global warming - don’t burn stuff, love life and care for the world.
Poverty and disease - Share the wealth and medical knowledge. Israel Palestine - integrate don't segregate.
Suppression of freedoms and human rights - is it really so important for those in power to cling so tightly to it. They should just relax and play with the kids or walk in the mountains, swim in the ocean. Be more Julie Andrews, than great dictator.
Why do we make it so difficult for ourselves? Perhaps we have forgotten the joys of life and need to rediscover them and then help others to find them too.
When ever possible, wallow in the joy and wonder of your existence. Its fantastic!, And help all others to do the same...Lets make the explosion of joy in real world, not the movie world.
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In my essays below I've tried to make sense of the absurdity of the world, and (perhaps) having come to some understanding of why we are making such a mess of it, what can be done about it.
