“A hundred indecisions, a hundred visions and revisions, which a minute will reverse.” That is the story of my life. But why should I even expect that my story will be interesting enough for anyone else to read? I don’t. I just believe that each one of us has a story which as a solemn duty to the life one has lead, one must put down in words. Like my grandfather who started writing his autobiography when he was in his late sixties, if my memory serves me right. He died close to eighty, without finishing it. I do not think, even for a moment he harboured any illusions of fame and fortune. He saw it as a task that he must fulfil, a journey backwards that he must embark upon as a token of gratitude towards life. For life throws at us myriad experiences, mostly painful but making us richer nonetheless. I talk about life as a being in itself, and it is. My life has a life of its own. And it is he who controls me and my destiny. Having experienced the demise of god quite early on in life, I have nothing to look forward to from life other than life itself. My only prayer each night is that the next day life throws at me something quite unexpected, quite different from the ordinary. So it is that I live for the pure thrill of life and its uncertainty. I would probably die if life became predictable. Maybe a reason why I have never felt the need to believe in astrology.
Our Covenant with Life
An excerpt from my umpteenth attempt at writing a novel…
Who knows when I will finish it, if ever…
The market is flooded with cheap soft porn literature….surely we would not mind another work disguised as an autobiography
You are right my friend! My life is nothing but ‘cheap soft porn literature’!
Thanks for the insight which I long suspected I had!
Life is a journey without a destination.We have nothing to look forward to when it ends in dust. Let us make the journey interesting, spread some happiness and live the life. The new look Wasteland is good and so was the dear old one!
Go ahead and finish writing it, no matter how long it takes. It is a very good start especially because it is an honest one.
Anarchist’s opinion can be comfortably dispensed with…if this sounds like soft porn literature to him (presuming he is a guy who has grown up watching porn and reading porn), i advise him to read the Ten Commandments, have a glass of milk and go to bed or alternatively go back to the dear old Enid Blyton/P.G Woodhouse days and develop a taste for reading right from scratch again.
Anyways back to the post,the line “my life has a life of its one” is poignant and beautifully crafted.Doesnt really matter if nobody is interested in the story of your life (people like the anarchist certainly are not).. just remember, u tell a story that u most desperately want to read..the story of your life has not been written yet only because it had been looking out for an author…until you realised the author is you…write it and make sure I get the first COMPLIMENTARY copy .
i meant the line “my life has a life of its own”