justplainbil

Just Plain Bill

Will I re-appear at some later time

in another life?

I’m enjoying reading the weekly posts by author and writer Steven Pressfield, WRITING WEDNESDAYS. One past post entitled The Muse and Me, Part 2, includes the question I’ve posed as the focus of this weekly blog.

The possibility of someday appearing in the role of another has occasionally crept into my consciousness, and even has been seen as a sketchy possibility in a dream or two.

Am I in complete control of my thoughts, actions and feelings, or am I influenced by the power of a muse?

These thoughts are especially relevant as we enter a new year, one that is filled with more questions than answers considering the actions of our country’s leadership following our last election. Many things once seen as absolutes (one of my favorite concepts) are now not so “certain”, and I’m forced to decide from options that in earlier times would never have been considered, especially when it comes to basic human rights.

I’m hoping that a year from now I will be more optimistic about life’s honor and glory.

Peggy Lee, a famous singer from the middle of the last century, recorded a song entitled Is That All There Is? In addition to the message of melancholy and wistful wonder, I hear this song as a song of doubt, or hope, and a dream.

We shall see!