Raoul’s Two Cents: November 15, 2024

Is That All There is?

This is rare — I got a cold and a cough. I still haven’t figured who the scoundrel is that gifted me with this virus; and maybe it’s the meds but I feel like crawling back to bed to hibernate for a month.

So this got me thinking. Could I really just spend my time laying in bed the whole day? What if I’m fully retired and have oodles of money to last me till my dying days, what would I do? For one thing, I’m sure I won’t waste my time in bed!

Many retirees I know travel. I’m happy for them. I can see how that would be fun for a while. Sure it will be interesting to smell, to walk, to feel, to taste the food of these different places but I’m certain I’d tire of that quickly. For me, there has to be something more than filling up my photo gallery with selfies. I’m not judging anyone … this is just me.

I remember a song from the late 60’s by Peggy Lee. The song is about a woman looking for meaning in life. She really doesn’t find one. How sad. All the adventures that life has to offer and she asks herself: “Is that all there is?”

If you are contemplating the meaning of life, I invite you to read the book of Ecclesiastes. Click on the image below for a short video from the BibleProject.com explaining life. It leaves you with a better perspective.

Some people have a bucket list of things to accomplish before they die. I don’t. Do you? Do you have to climb Mount Everest? Skydive? Drive a Ferrari? Travel around the world?

Well, perhaps I do have one in my list — I want to teach kids all that I know to help them start a career and (more importantly) to teach them about my faith. It’s a simple wish that will bring me so much joy — knowing that what I share will last for eternity.

But this is just me. What’s in your list? TGIF people!

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“Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”— Ecclesiastes 1:2

“To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

“The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.” — W. Somerset Maugham

JOKE OF THE WEEK

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Video of the Week

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Parting Shots

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My good friend (and jokester) Terry and I came up with these.

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