Would you stop time just to rest and reflect if you could? Say to hell with the normal running of the universe and just pause time. The idea of it holds some appeal, which may mark me as a bad person, but we cannot do that, and never will<Oh I hope not> be able to. So this is merely a hypothetical. Would you? I would be tempted, but to actually do it?

That is much like going back in time and reliving life from that point on. Armed with certain foreknowledge, would you do such a thing, to get it better the second time? I've thought about it<Knowing it's not possible doesn't mean you can't ponder it>. But to make everyone else live that part over again? That is not right. Life has to be live ever forward. There is no turning back like that. And if you could, do you think you wouldn't have any problems completely wrecking everything?

Or do you never contemplate such big issues and merely go about living your life? Which is something I could do myself. Get on my feet, start working again, saving money, and living properly, even normally.

Easier said than done, actually, me living my life fully includes thinking of these weighty topics, I am a science fiction writer. This is my milieu. To not do it would seem wrong.It is about finding the right balance.

And that would be nice to do. That fuller life is out there, I just have to grab it by the horns. Not an impossible task either. If I want it enough. The question is, do I? Do i really want it enough?

Yes, I do, and I am going to have it, no matter how many times I have to tell myself. I am going to have that richer and fuller life. Mark muy words!

 

Charles Petrie