The Meaning of Life
("Meaning of Life Merit Badge" #13, 2010, original oil)
The Meaning of Life
Monty Python got it right:
The meaning of life
Has nothing to do with hats.
It has to do with a conscious appreciation
Cultivated in this life, for this life
With all the particulars it offers.
It’s not a given,
Which is why it must be found,
And once found cherished.
The essence is simple,
That while we have and depend on things
We are not a thing.
And yet over and over we lose this focus,
But in the act of losing
Find once again, the meaning.
(2/17/25)
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