the meaning of meaning

" WHAT'S THE POINT?  Is it to accumulate wealth?  If you were to ask 10,000 people if their main goal is to accumulate wealth and material possessions, the overwhelming majority would say 'no'.  But if the answer to this question were  to be based not on their words, but on how they spend most of their waking hours, the answer would be a resounding 'yes'."

"What if the point of life has nothing to do with the creation of an ever-expanding region of control?  What if the point is not to keep at bay all those people, beings, objects, and emotions that we so needlessly fear?  What if the point instead is to let go of that control?  What if the point of life, the primary reason for existence, is to lie naked with your lover in a shady grove of trees?  What if the point is to taste each other's sweat and feel the delicate pressure of finger on chest, thigh on thigh, lip on cheek?  What if the point is to stop, then, in your slow movements together, and listen to birdsong, to watch dragonflies hover, to look at your lover's face, then up at the undersides of leaves moving together in the breeze?  What if the point is to invite these others into your movement, to bring trees, wind, grass, dragonflies into your family and in so doing abandon any attempt to control them?  What if the point all along has been to get along, to relate, and experience things on their own terms?  What if the point is to feel joy when joyous, love when loving, angerwhen angry, thoughtful when full of thought?  What if the point from the beginning has been to simply be?"

     

That was from "A Language Older Then Words" by Derrick Jensen and I completely agree with this guy and what he has to say.    We should all feel pretty silly for all the times we have passed on these things and on real life or love for more school or work or more money.   Silly is to nice of a word for how we should feel about selling our lives and our friendships.   

Anyway, I miss everybody out there and all the friends along the way.   I hope to see you all again.    

Speaking of missing good friends,  Thanks to Kaitlynn for starting to teach me something about watercolor and making swirly designs.   My best art teacher and friend this summer.   Luck and love.  I will see you again.