Consider This

As she considered her wise friend's question, an answer arrived after careful contemplation;

'What if this is all there is?'

 

If the answer to the question as asked without any other input was yes, then the answer would imply there is no hope, no forward movement.

My answer to the question would be that this is not all there is, for the following reasons among many others. 

1. As long as we have breath, we have hope.

2. As long as we have hope, we can have expectation.

3. As long as we have expectation, we can continue to press forward in spite of

( fill in the blank here... disappointment, anger, pain, tragedy, unexpected changes, etc. etc. etc.) 

Life may not always go according to our expectation, however, that being said, as long as we are alive and in our right mind, (or at least reasonably so) we can make the necessary adjustments to continue or not. It is a choice we make called free will.

Enjoying each moment is important and really priceless when considering how memories are made and stored in our minds. Reflection of those memories is a treasure best enjoyed when shared.  True companionship is a soul treasure . 

All in all, it is the journey after all that becomes our life and not a particular destination or goal. The good, the bad, the ugly and all points in between.

Author's Note

To be continued.

Reviews

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:: ah... well... there's profundity here but reality too... i like the entire array of emotions that we humans are capable of experiencing... even the most excruciating ones... it's just sometimes that i experience abject despair... and for a bit... lose hope... but then life is just as you say it is... as long as it's there, there's no way that hope can remain too far away for too long...

[A. Amos]

Aloha my friend and I have to admit, your work is not only interesting it's simply brilliant. A true form of articulate masterpiece, thanks for sharing

[Alisa Js]

Why thank you, A. Amos! I am indeed flattered by your very encouraging words.

Wishing you well.

alisa ;-)

[A. Amos]

You're most welcome and you deserve mere

[Alisa Js]

p.s.

Regarding writing, I can best write when inspired and inspired I was with a particular topic shared recently.

;-)

[Alisa Js]

Hello P,

Guess it all comes back to perception then, doesn't it?

Hope, I believe has it's roots in an active mind, for without thought in fertile soil, if you will, how can the seedling find it's way?

Something to ponder...

;-)

Thanks again, you! Wishing you warmth in and around all things wonderful.

alisa ;-)

[Alisa Js]

Aloha, Timothy...

Thank you for your comments, I will contemplate their application. This piece is a continuation from an earlier posting, 'What if?'

A starting point, indeed...I do agree as it all begins with a thought.

[Timothy Burjess]

This is a good starting point for either a works, or fiction - you see, the simple language allows you to transform and mould this into what you want it to be. Thus, the way I see this is, as I say, a good starting point.

It somewhat takes me back to my first philosophical work, which I wrote in a country 4.200 miles away from the country I live now - while on a break at work. Isn't it grand when the mind creates a thought and is able to expand it within such a short time? Yes, I am reminded very much, especially your little mention of "free will".

Do I have any advice? Hmm, well, through my personal studies, references and quotes are a great help to any formal works - that the first step. The second step is of greatest importance, yet also more difficult to achieve - abstraction. Take the quote or reference, and decipher the meaning in regards to your own work. Question it, defy it, argue against it, prove it, justify it - all of these things must remain of utmost importance in any formal work, however, never allow yourself to become one subjected to the forceful nature one may adopt after having learned through institutionalised sources, for one then becomes forced into indoctrinated thinking, bound perception, and shackled process - these thing ultimately hampering one's ability. To a certain respect however, these things can help, if understood and managed accordingly.

Great to see a spark of interest in the field.

Continue along this path Alisa.

Timothy.

[Perdition]

Agreed. Although the caveat lies in the rhetoric of real. Hope can be a kite stringed to an ocean of sky...Action is where the wit hits the fan...looks like there is time to write after all..."pretty good..pretty neat" :)

[Alisa Js]

Agreed, or to phrase it another way....have no expectations, thereby no disappointment.

A bit cynical for my taste, yet nevertheless so true.

[charlie]

In hopeless there simply "Is".
Expect nothing and be fulfilled.