8.03.2005

be here now

Not to be unduly grim, guys, but the prognosis is death. For all of us. We can cut down the risk factors—the cigarettes, the booze, the eating too much, the riding the subway in New York City, the not getting enough exercise, the not wearing seatbelts, the not wearing sunscreen, the not pounding fruits and vegetables. You know all the stuff.
Still, there's a death waiting for each of us. I have a few friends staring at theirs right now. Please, enjoy your life. Think, create, love, cry, talk, try, indulge, work, spend, do, read, feel, laugh.
Why I can't stop smoking (even though I have): I don't believe in heaven.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

All joking aside, Heaven exists. Many different "heavens". Some better than others. Read Emmet Fox. I think atheism is just another excuse to self-medicate.

Anonymous said...

I think atheism is a religion that never uses the word religion to describe it.