So glad to see you well
Overcome and completely silent now
With heaven's help
You cast your demons out
And not to pull your halo down
Around your neck and tug you off your cloud
But I'm more than just a little curious
How you're planning to go about
Making your amends to the dead
To the dead
Recall the deeds as if
They're all someone else's
Atrocious stories
Now you stand reborn before us all
So glad to see you well
And not to pull your halo down
Around your neck and tug you to the ground
But I'm more than just a little curious
How you're planning to go about
Making your amends to the dead
To the dead

Hi,hewaves.thengetshitbyatruck.Hedies.Familyandfriendsmourn.
Hispictureispassedaround,andheisremembered. Childrenaretoldstories.Eventually,eventhatfades.Heisgone.Â
MyownGeorgeCarlinmoment.Withoutthehumor.
Thismattersdoesn'tit?Thisblog,thesewords,thesefingers,thesee yes,readingitasitisbeingwriiten,
watchingasit'sbeingread. Itmust...? Afterallitishappening,now.Soitmatters.Right?Ofcourse.
Youdie.Â
Yourfriendsandfamilymourn.Suchaloss.Youareremembered.Tosome, youarerememberedfor
theirentire life.Untilthosebodiesaswell,die.Â
Yourpicture,ispassedaround,andremembered,perhapsbygrand-frie nds,andkids.Andothers.
Perhapsmany, perhapsfew.Eventually,thosewhopassitaround,passawaytoo.Event ually,
Eventhosewithaccesstoyourmemorypassaway.
Youceasetobecomeamemory,even.Thereisnolongeranytracethatyoue venexisted.Didyou?
Ofcourseyou did,becausethisishappeningNOW.Soofcourse,youmatter.
5,500yearsagotherelivedaman.Notaterriblygoodman,notaterribly badman.Buthewasloved.
Byhisfamily. Byhisfriends.Cherishedinhiscommunity.Whenhepassedawayhewasmi ssed.
Andremembered.Storiesweretold,until,acertaintimehadelapsed,a ndthosetellinghadpassed
awaytoo.Hismemory,hisexistencewentaway. Thereisnotraceofhimatall.Heisgone.Â
Now.Didthismanexist?Ofcourse,hisgenesremain.Buthim?Nothing.A llhisdreams,
hishopes,andprayers,hisstruggles,hisfirstkiss,hisbestfriend, hiswifeandchildren,
hisbeliefsandloves.Gone.Completely.And utterly.Butwhatdoesthathavetodowithnow?
It'snow,nowmatters.Ofcourseitdoes.Thathappenedinthepast.This isnow,nowmatters.
5,000yearsfrom now,inthefuture,whenthefuturehasbecomenow,notlikenow,whichis ofcourse
now,whichofcoursemattesrbecauseitisnow.Youwillbedead,longdea d.Yourfriendswillbedead.
Everysingle,lastpersonyoulove,havelovedwillbedead.Therewillb enomemoryevenofthem.
Theywillbelessthandust.Aswillyou,andI.Â
Ofcourse,thoughnowmatters.AlexandertheGreatisremembered.Socr ates.Jesus.Mohammed.
Theylivedinthepast,whichwasnowthen,hencetheiractionsweresoim portantbecause,
itwashappening,right,now.
But,tous,theyare,charactersnow,nothingmore.Andbesides,theyar enothingbutthoughts.
Weusethem,now,tolearnfrom,but,ultimately,here,now:Theyaregon e.
Televison,blogs,recordings,picturestheywillkeepforabit.Yes,a characteraswell.Butwestill
willbedust.Ourtechnology,inthenowofthefuture,willmostlikelyn otbeabletoretrieveallofour
relics.So,maybe,anowfromthenwillfindsomething,somethingsmall ,andinsigificant,likeablog,
likethisblog,andlearnsomethingaboutthepeoplewholivedsolongag o,now.Iwonderhowwe,
I,willlook,tothepeopleofthenow.
Shouldtherebeonlyamaterialisticoutcometoallthisnow,theuniver sewillexpanduntilheatdeath,
orreachequilibrium,stillwithheatdeaththough-unsurvivable.Â
Orperhapsacrunch.Eitherway,dust.Lessthandust-sofarintothenow .Â
No,thereismore,thismatters,thereisPurpose,thereisTheOne.Anda fterthis,wewillbeunited
withtheOne,forever.Â
Forever,asOne,unchanging.Nowwillbeforever,thenow,thenow,andt henow.Allatonce,
andnowwillhavemeaningbecause,itwill,beconstantly,now.Inwhich case,thisNowisnothingmorethan
Atest.Â
Ihopeyoupass-Â
becausethismatters.Ofcourseitdoes.Â
Iwonderifthisisgood-bye.....
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