One of my favorite movie lines is from the movie, Predator 2. Danny Glover, playing the hero cop finally kills the alien who had been terrorizing his city for the entire movie.
Bruised and battered, barely able to stand up he thinks he has finally won. And then, out of the fog appear 10 more of these creatures. So what does our hero say, what else could he say. “Ok, who’s next?”
It makes you laugh, and it makes you think. Life is a lot like that it seems. There is always one major obstacle, challenge, mountain to overcome and once you get there it will be easy street from there on out. I constantly think that, and everytime I get past my latest challenge, out of the mist, another new, and sometimes even bigger road bump appears.
It isn’t fair. It seems to happen to me a lot more than anybody else. That of course is my perspective. I am sure that from your point of view, live is a never ending series of challenges, designed just for you.
And that is why I think that it is important to realize that it isn’t personal. It is life. And life is experiencing, being challenged and having to fight. Right from birth onward. And those who don’t have to struggle, who have everything done for them? They are missing the essence of this world.
So share with the rest of us your feelings about this, it will be good for all of us to hear from you.
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Hi Tony,
I agree that life just keeps throwing us new challenges whenever we reach that very short, blissful moment when we think we have it all under control. I view it as the universe’s way of saying not to be complacent or arrogant.
Nowadays, my biggest hurdles relate to physical pain or emotional grief. I have had chronic, physical pain since I was 23 years old. Lately, through new medication that I’m taking and the physical training that JP is doing with me, I have had days where physically I feel on top of the world. Then a bout of severe pain will set in. I find that’s the universe’s message to me to be patient with those around me who experience chronic pain, like my mom. I travel a lot with my mom, so I bring with me all my massage tools, medicines and ointments that will help her, and I massage her with patience and love. When I’m sore, she’ll do the same for me… has done ever since I was 8 years old with growing pains in my legs.
On the emotional front over the past few years, you have helped me get over the grief I have had for five of my cats, Odin being the latest one to die this past December at the age of 17 and a half years. Well, I just got a phone call that my little Squeak whom I rescued starving and dehydrated in the depths of winter 2 and a half years ago, has kidney disease. I surprised myself by bursting into tears at work when I got the call.
Squeak was a tough cat to befriend. She wouldn’t let me touch her for over a year, and she was scared of everything. I promised her that she would be safe with me. She now comes up to sit on my chest late at night to purr loudly (I still can’t pat her), and she rolls around “playing cute” when I come home from work. Her eyes and face soften whenever she sees me. I’m the only person she trusts.
I don’t know what the universe’s message is to me when I feel such sadness at the prospect of losing another one of my cats. All I can say is that the cats who have been rescued by me have had a good second chance and have lived a good life. I can’t see myself not rescuing cats to avoid the grieving process.
It is true that you can only observe the starry heavens on a very dark night.