The program for this evening is not new
You've seen this entertainment through and through
You've seen your birth your life and death
You might recall all of the rest
Did you have a good world when you died?
Enough to base a movie on?
- The Movie (excerpt), Jim Morrison...The Doors
if your life could be played out as a movie
what would the audience see?
would they walk out during the first half hour
or leave satisfied amid laughter and tears?
if your life were to be divided into chapters
how and when would one finish and begin?
would it be viewed as a Pulitzer Prize novel
or pulp fiction from a second hand bookstore?
if your life could be sung as a ballad
what lyrics and instruments would the audience hear?
would it be a tune forgotten as soon as it was over
or a symphony preferred never to end?
Ok, I see your point. But I suspect the real truth is that another 2 or 3 generations down the line, no one will remember who the heck I am anyway. And the kicker? I don't really mind, as long as I am loving and kind to the best of my ability. Thank you for this perspective!
My life is a soap opera. I have a theory. The same 200 people keep running though my life.
How will it end? The last scene will be my funeral."She was born. she lived to the best of her ability and she died ( I HOPE) peacefully.
If there were a movie about my life, I would want someone Really prettty to play me. I am NOT pretty, but I CAN dream!
I LOVE the concept set forth in this wonderful write.
I heard the 7th billion baby (or so) was born today on our old planet. I'm not even a blip on a blip, but I do hope to be remembered by my family and theirs and maybe even theirs. This is a fun, thought provoking piece, Chris. Thanks.
Mine...a top 40 tune you'd know the melody to, and might even whistle, but few would remember the words...simply a fascinating, provocative persepctive Chris...bravo!
