A Continued Beginning

PREFACE:



I am finding myself staring off into the distance wondering where to begin--besides the beginning...that's so cliche. I won't start now...that would be too obvious. I won't start at the end...for two reasons: (1) only He knows how this will end, and (2) I'd rather not think about "the end" right now. So, it's an odd beginning, because it's already begun and there is so much that I have already learned. That's it: I'll CONTINUE here, and move back to there. Yes, I'll do that...and I'll do it quickly before this becomes too obnoxious.



HERE (cont'd):



In the grand scheme of life, I'm not that old. I was a "B" student in high school; I have an undergraduate degree; I have a master's degree; and I work as an engineer in the most lucrative industry in the world. Why say all of this? Because it wasn't until just over 2 years ago that I had my...awakening--that's the best way I know to describe it. It inspired me to write an essay--which I expect to share as my second (but, "first official") post; and since then I've seen my life and the world in a different way.



What I've realized, though, is that this "different way" is not new, novel, exclusive nor radical. These are basic facts of life (without Jo, Tutti, Blair, Natalie and Mrs. G) told by nearly every culture the world has know...and definintely by the ones still in existence today--perhaps that's why they are so. I believe that people just need a good reminding every now and then; and why not be reminded by a nobody rather than a prophet.

Prophet: that's a funny term because upon hearing it one is immediately inclined to evoke mental images of a man-of-God, wearing robes, and preaching to the masses. I don't think that's the case at all in modern society. Well, some of those may still exist, but I view prophets as those of high public stature that preach their "righteous" thoughts and opinions to those willing to listen--or captive in the audience.



Let me set the record straight RIGHT NOW: no idea that I will convey is new. It is simply laced with my own "insighfulness" and crude tone--no, that doesn't mean I'm am insightful (i.e. deep and intelligent) and crude (i.e. vulgar and without compassion); that means the ideas have been filtered through my brain and presented in an unrefined manner. I want people to know that all of these grand ideas apply to even the little things in the life of a nobody, and they help that willing nobody understand life.



Finally, why call this "The Barrel Maker's Cure"? Well, I hate to leave you with a cliffhanger, but we'll get to that later. However, if you recall from the first paragraph, before we can get to THAT we have to at least go back to THERE, which we can now do because I am finished HERE.