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Most of my posts are fun and silly. The ALS challenge was a nice diversion. Now I have had some time to think about Robin Williams suicide. It makes me mad. It is easy to look around and see how hard it is to live. Fight against corruption. Fight against political injustice.Fight to be free. Sometimes I think it would be easier just to curl up and sleep instead of wasting my valuable time, energy, and resources. Wasted on my charities. Wasted on my Shul. Wasted on my children. Then I think Who would be here to fight the fight if everyone thought that way? Who would be here to hold others accountable?...to help with the struggle...to make sure my children are part of the solution and not part of the problem. We all have those dark moments. We all look at the center of our soul. All fighters get knocked down...its the champions that get back up. We all know Dylan Thomas famous poem... Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Then think about the opposite of the negative situations...how sweet it is to celebrate when obstacles have been overcome. Those are the moments to cherish. Those are the moments for which to hope. taking your own life in a snapshot of momentary darkness. Some people have commented that what Williams did was an acceptable solution, even making the comment related to his role in Aladdin Genie, Youre free. I remember the exact opposite sentiment from Shakespeares Hamlet, when Hamlet delivers the famous To be...or not to be... To be, or not to be? That is the question— Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And, by opposing, end them? To die, to sleep— No more—and by a sleep to say we end The heartache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to—’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished! To die, to sleep. To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there’s the rub, For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, No one shared this sentiment in the face of an unnecessary tragedy. Maybe his restless spirit has to cope with his anxieties day...after day...after day. Ay, theres the rub. Maybe Williams should have played Hamlet.
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 22:43:24 +0000

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