That's Life!
Well, it’s done! I just finished rereading my manuscript, Beyond a Lifetime for what I have told myself is the last time before deciding on what to do next. At this point, that means looking into self-publishing and offering the book for sale on my website. I plan on doing what I can to promote the book and beyond that, who knows.
Right now, while I am glad to be done with this final edit, I miss what is over. it was kind of nice to just have to worry about reading my book and fixing anything that came up. Plus, I really enjoyed the book. It have been some time since I have read it in its entirety. Now, I have to look outward and decide how best to get my book noticed in a world that is cluttered with people trying to sell their wares. Complicating things is a family life that has been more than a bit turbulent of late. For instance, right now I am sitting in a hospital room with my wife, who has been here for the past three days. Additionally, I have my parents, who just moved to the same city I live in. Add to that a hectic work load, teenage girls to raise and assorted other day to day responsibilities and I find it difficult to devote regular time to this endeavor. This partly explains why I have not written an entry to this blog in over a month. Even when I try to write something, I find it hard to gain perspective enough to write a decent entry.
While I find my life very challenging right now, I try and live by the words I have written and what just makes sense to me. Even writing the word “challenging” is a conscious effort to not apply judgment to my circumstances. Though I cannot seem to help feeling overwhelmed and sometimes bitter about the things life is throwing at me, overall, I can’t help but believe that the only way to gain the most from whatever I am encountering is to face it with as little judgment as possible.
I wish I understood why life hands us what it does sometimes. At times, I can appreciate the wonder of it all and marvel at how it seems to work. At other times, now for example, it is really hard to comprehend. All I can keep saying to myself is “this to shall pass”. Usually, it does. I can look back at other times in my life where things seemed hopeless, and eventually, those times have passed and life has moved on. In many ways, I have a life that is filled with many remarkable things.
It has always amazed me how courageous we all are. We walk through our life never really knowing what is to come. Sometimes, it is easy to follow whatever path we are on and sometimes it is more difficult. None of us has any binding contract that says what our life will be. None of us even knows for sure why we are here and what we are supposed to do with this lifetime. Obviously, I believe that there is something significant to us being here; living through whatever we live through. If and when you read my book (coming soon to a bookstore and cyberstop near you…I hope) you will learn what I think this might be all about. Though I feel pretty passionate about my book and what it says, I know that it is just something from my imagination. At best, it is an educated guess on what we are doing here. Someday, I hope that others will delve into this thing I call “spirit fiction. I think it is something worth imagining. It is obvious that a belief in the afterlife is accepted by a good number of people. If you are reading this, chances are it is this belief that has led you here. So, we believe that: 1. Our life does not seem to end after we die and 2. People we know and love that have passed, are somehow, somewhere still around us. What does this mean and what kind of impact can that have on our life?
I doubt I will ever have answers to these and so many other questions I have about this. At least, not until I have died. But, the questions are fascinating. For me, just the belief that our spirit, soul whatever you want to call it, lives on somehow has so many implications for us.
Well, enough rambling for now. Again, sorry for the long gap between postings. That’s life!
Right now, while I am glad to be done with this final edit, I miss what is over. it was kind of nice to just have to worry about reading my book and fixing anything that came up. Plus, I really enjoyed the book. It have been some time since I have read it in its entirety. Now, I have to look outward and decide how best to get my book noticed in a world that is cluttered with people trying to sell their wares. Complicating things is a family life that has been more than a bit turbulent of late. For instance, right now I am sitting in a hospital room with my wife, who has been here for the past three days. Additionally, I have my parents, who just moved to the same city I live in. Add to that a hectic work load, teenage girls to raise and assorted other day to day responsibilities and I find it difficult to devote regular time to this endeavor. This partly explains why I have not written an entry to this blog in over a month. Even when I try to write something, I find it hard to gain perspective enough to write a decent entry.
While I find my life very challenging right now, I try and live by the words I have written and what just makes sense to me. Even writing the word “challenging” is a conscious effort to not apply judgment to my circumstances. Though I cannot seem to help feeling overwhelmed and sometimes bitter about the things life is throwing at me, overall, I can’t help but believe that the only way to gain the most from whatever I am encountering is to face it with as little judgment as possible.
I wish I understood why life hands us what it does sometimes. At times, I can appreciate the wonder of it all and marvel at how it seems to work. At other times, now for example, it is really hard to comprehend. All I can keep saying to myself is “this to shall pass”. Usually, it does. I can look back at other times in my life where things seemed hopeless, and eventually, those times have passed and life has moved on. In many ways, I have a life that is filled with many remarkable things.
It has always amazed me how courageous we all are. We walk through our life never really knowing what is to come. Sometimes, it is easy to follow whatever path we are on and sometimes it is more difficult. None of us has any binding contract that says what our life will be. None of us even knows for sure why we are here and what we are supposed to do with this lifetime. Obviously, I believe that there is something significant to us being here; living through whatever we live through. If and when you read my book (coming soon to a bookstore and cyberstop near you…I hope) you will learn what I think this might be all about. Though I feel pretty passionate about my book and what it says, I know that it is just something from my imagination. At best, it is an educated guess on what we are doing here. Someday, I hope that others will delve into this thing I call “spirit fiction. I think it is something worth imagining. It is obvious that a belief in the afterlife is accepted by a good number of people. If you are reading this, chances are it is this belief that has led you here. So, we believe that: 1. Our life does not seem to end after we die and 2. People we know and love that have passed, are somehow, somewhere still around us. What does this mean and what kind of impact can that have on our life?
I doubt I will ever have answers to these and so many other questions I have about this. At least, not until I have died. But, the questions are fascinating. For me, just the belief that our spirit, soul whatever you want to call it, lives on somehow has so many implications for us.
Well, enough rambling for now. Again, sorry for the long gap between postings. That’s life!
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