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| Linda: | Most people are so busy with their own lives that they seldom pause to think that their whole existence will evaporate someday and all that they consider precious will amount to nothing but dust. |
| Ron: | Yeah, yeah . . . I've heard that countless times before. |
| Linda: | We should make our lives congruent with our desired outcomes. One way to do that is to compose our obituraries when young, then reflect on how to live up to what was written as we get older. |
| Ron: | Why bother? The very idea that your life somehow matters is a bit naive. In truth, the universe gets along perfectly fine without you. |
| Linda: | You miss the point. We must live up to certain core values whether or not anyone else appears to care. Those who are unsure what their values are are not in a position to author their lives. We must take authorship of ourselves before we can really surrender. |
T Newfields was listening to this conversation and thought, "Hmmh. . . . why don't I write a short statement about my core beliefs? It just might just help me achieve better harmony between thought and deed." |
Obituary for an Unknown Poet
This dude lived artistically
'n celebrated kreativity whule inspurrin' udders.
He waz uften discoveringgg new fields,
'n explorin' new pissibilities in art
'n human relationzzz
He was nut withoot kontradictionz
'n certainly naught withoot faultz
butt he hid a deep cupassity tah accept
imperfections in uthers 'n imself
He B-leaved in deh value ah questing,
'n ahh exploringgg thangs udders
tuck fer granted
Appreciatin' duh value a paradox
he recognized human boings azzz
small, incongrous perts ah a universe
sooo amazingly vast
Hear the author read this poem.
