I’m not sure why it affected me so much.
Well, maybe I do. But walking into the house after coming home from school, and greeted by the sight of my father reposing on the couch, flipping channel after channel, filled with me a sense of disgust and indignation.
This thought reverberated in my mind:
If death was a very real possibility, not the abstract eventuality it seems now in my youth, would I be spending my dying days channel surfing like a tuned-out zombie?
Honestly, with full confidence, I would say no.
I think I’d be spending all the free time I have seeking His face, communing with the Most High, especially if disease has ravaged my body to the point where I am incapable of any physical activity more strenuous than sitting up and breathing.
I was reminded today, while praying with a sister, that there is simply nothing more precious and more worthwhile to be engaged in than prayer, solitary or corporate, in either circumstance setting our hearts to seek Him, the Absolute who makes sense of and gives us our bearings amidst the variable vagaries of life.
Thus, it disgusted me.
It angered me.
It saddens me.
My father wasting what time he has left dazedly flipping from channel to channel.
Yet, why wait till death confronts us before we start living meaningfully?
To borrow and adapt a line from Romeo and Juliet – if death be rough with you, be rough with death!
Confront death and start living life with purpose, with a sense of eternity, in the very here and now.
What is the meaning of life?
What is your purpose here on earth?
Who are you?
If you don’t know the answers, start seeking and don’t give up till you find them!
Don’t be content with merely rotting away on the couch!
……
Excuse me, while I pray for my father.
I’m glad I ran across your blog. It’s very good. I like it.
Sonny M.
I have a related site that focuses on manage depression you may like too…It pretty much covers manage depression related stuff.
Come and check it out if you get time
hellos!
my church had a ‘Purpose Driven Life’ campaign recently.now i know why on earth am i here for!yays X)
lets live our life to the fullest yar?!!
-smiles-
HELLO
renny here(: just dropping by.
hope you are doing fine.
see you around.
glad you are an arsenal fan.
ha! never thought i would fine one.
why don’t you juz tell him, instead of saying these behind his back? telling him to face life would be a much beta thing to do than to pray and rite all these. he won’t noe unless you tell him.
well, if human relationships were all that easily resolved, then that would be great.
i think timing is important. i’m waiting on God’s timing. I don’t want to say anything in the heat of emotion, which will probably come out differently from the way i meant it.
if you haven’t noticed already, writing is my mode of catharsis.
But thanks for the advice. it’s blunt and young. But thanks anyway.