I wandered in search of meaning
Of God and love and life —
Is there a reason why we’re born?
Is there a reason for a wife?
…
I spoke to wise men and fools
Observed them from near and far
Watched the birth of a child
And the dying of a star
…
I travelled to varied places
Served as nature’s guest
Saw her at her darkest
And saw her at her best
…
But I was none the wiser
Trial after trial
So I went and got married
And watched her walk the aisle
…
Then I got myself a kid
Then another and more
The bigger my family got
The more I was unsure
…
So I asked all my doubts
To my lovely wife
Asked her if she had any clue
About God and love and life
…
She looked at me bewildered
Then spoke on with a nod
“Life is about loving
And loving is about God.”
…
Her answer seemed so simple
I concluded at once
My wife may be a beauty
But she’s a real dunce
I will take this as humor and laugh. Otherwise, I agree with the wife. Kudos! Entertaining poem.
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Thanks a lot.
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Ahh, you missed it bro. You’re the dunce!
Ron Bouchard
P.S. I’m assuming your poem was tongue in cheek, my brother.
http://www.theburningheart.com
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Yes, I am. Ha-ha.
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π simple yet beautifully penned. Good job!
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Thank you.
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I like your wife.
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I was entertained … one of my favourites of yours …..
And I promise I wonβt start philosophizing in your comment section π
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Ha-ha. Thanks a lot, Diana.
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HA! That ending took me by surprise! But of course, you wife is quite wise.
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The wife is quite astute in her reply. God, Love and Life are a trinity. ππβπ»β€οΈπ»
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Beholder:
“Therefore I see, or maybe not.”
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She is indeed beauty and brains
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I love your simple wife β€οΈ God/Love/God β€οΈπ
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And that is why “It is not good for a man to be alone…”
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The end though, I didnβt expect it. Sometimes, some things are easy but we make them difficult.
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In the end we all have our own definition of what a fulfilling life is. The narrator already has that βfulfillmentβ in his life but is still wondering about other outcomes that were presented to him. At the end of it all we made certain choices in our lives and we are either alright with them or we learn, change certain aspects, and live a life that is truer to were we want to be. Just like having too much money it never really makes someone happy to βhave it all.β If we place ourselves in the most honest place for ourselves then the aspect of everything we want and needed will fall where they need to. The narrator is just reminiscing about the what ifβs from years ago. Doesnβt mean he hates or regrets everything. Heβs just an older, wiser goof!
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The purpose of Life in the Universe is to differentiate space and time. This is a default function that exists even in the single cell and can only be removed via death. No living thing mistakes duration and location. This explains why the value of experience is the experience itself.
Space presents in three broad dimensions but as location is a relative phenomenon it breaks down into six relative to a central (or arbitrary) point in the Universe. Length+/-, width +/-, Depth +/-.
Time breaks down into seven dimensions. Pre-time, beginning, past, present, future, endpoint, post-time. Note the variegation of point and field from our current point of view.
Add these together and you get 13, the unluckiest number according to long ingrained culture. But if you multiply them….
#42
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May have to read this numerous times. Very interesting!
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Further, the conceptual dimensions of time are suspended between impossibility and inevitability.
So reality runs on much the same principle as early moving pictures.
Which would suggest that expressing outside of space/time is both inevitably impossible, and impossibly inevitable.
Therefore the purpose of cognitive life in the Universe would be to express outside of space/time.
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I prefer to be a dunce.
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Yes I think I might have to express outside of space/time and join you Rachel π
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