What is life? Life is the combination of the things we do every day, to ‘get by’. That includes getting up in the morning, cleaning and feeding ourselves, going to work in whichever way we ‘work’, and connecting with others, workmates, family, friends.
The Why though, that is a very different question, sometimes one never considered, sometimes one that is all embracing, with many different attitudes and answers to this question. And at different life stages, those answers may change, just a little, or in large ways, again with many different ways.
The what is simple, the why, that requires thought, and considerations. And the ‘what’ will impact on the why. Then add in ‘who’ you consider yourself to be, and again, many answers and things to think about there. Who you are, what life is, why you do the things you do, and of course, where you are in your life, whether that where, is a physical place, or the what stage you are at in your life.
The photograph of my new car, is not to show off, but to show, instead. Not having easy access to a car was a challenge for both my husband and me, as we negotiated where and what we both had planned for the week, the day, and so one. We managed it well enough, but being back to having one car each is much better, no negotiations needed, and no missing out for one or other of us.
Think about these things, consider and reconsider your answers. Have you changed you answers recently? Does a big new ‘thing’ in your life – a new job, or a new ‘significant other’ in your life, change any of your answers to the questions. Life is. it’s that simple, you’re born, you live your life, you die.
For some there is more after that end, but the basic thought is there are those three things. And whether you simply live, with no further thought on why, what, where, and who you are, or whether you think deeply on these things, you will live a life, until your time is over, and you die, and that may be the end …
But many of us want more to our lives than simply that. I know I do. I want to go on to be remembered as what and who I am, and why I may have done the things I have done. I feel that many writers write, to go on living in some way, in the world that goes on, around and around the Sun, after the writer has ceased to move.
So I write, to be remembered, but I also write to know what I think, and to share my revelations at times. I’m interested to know why other people write? What revelations have they uncovered?
Carolyn Cordon - Creative 