the Peace of no Tomorrow … (02/02/13)
“Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn’t one today.” ~ Bill Murray (in the movie “Groundhog Day”)
There are a number of uncomfortable thoughts from which we flee each day, none of them more subtle or more potent than the fear of death … a fear, ironically, that must be focused upon before it can be cleansed; that must be remembered before it can be forgotten.
And the only truly liberating response to briefly re-cognizing this most immense of internal shadows is NOT to run back under our covers and wait for the mythical someday of spring.
Rather, it is to rise, light a candle of Kindness, and set forth directly into the very maw of that darkness; to bring light to those wandering in the glooms of sadness or selfishness — to bring warmth to those who have forgotten what it is to LOVE.
Groundhog Day is so much more than our petty hopes for an early season of sunshine. It is the reminder that we can make life Meaning-full TODAY, and that we need not wait one instant more to do so.
Essentially, Groundhog Day reminds us of the most important of all Truths: that the trick to living forever …
… is acting boldly as if you know you won’t.
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