Call me an idiotPersonally I like this quote by G. K. Chesterton from Heretics:
‘Dionysus made wine, not a medicine, but a sacrament. Jesus Christ also made wine, not a medicine, but a sacrament. But Omar makes it, not a sacrament, but a medicine. He feasts because life is not joyful; he revels because he is not glad. “Drink,” he says, “for you know not whence you come nor why. Drink, for you know not when you go nor where. Drink, because the stars are cruel and the world as idle as a humming-top. Drink, because there is nothing worth trusting, nothing worth fighting for. Drink, because all things are lapsed in a base equality and an evil peace.” So he stands offering us the cup in his hand. And at the high altar of Christianity stands another figure, in whose hand also is the cup of the vine. “Drink” he says “for the whole world is as red as this wine, with the crimson of the love and wrath of God. Drink, for the trumpets are blowing for battle and this is the stirrup-cup. Drink, for this my blood of the new testament that is shed for you. Drink, for I know of whence you come and why. Drink, for I know of when you go and where.”’
but could you explain this in laymen’s term?Like this…
“How very sad for you. Wanna come over and watch a movie instead?”
“They say misery does love company. Sorry, I’ll have to pass, but my invite for the movie still stands.”
“Actually, Life is exactly as long as God intends it to be not a millisecond longer or shorter. Therefore, I must disagree with you.”
“So says the swimmer to the rip tide. Hey, did I mention the fact that I rented a movie and would like a friend to watch it with?”
well my first response is that I hope somebody takes your car keys away before you leave. Just opened a letter from my best friend with a newspaper clipping of the sentencing of the young man who was driving home drunk from a party, and killed her son, who was the father of 3 small children. That is one life that was definitely too short. The driver’s trial was delayed because he spent weeks in a coma and over a year in rehab from his own injuries. he will never go back to college, even when his 4 year sentence is over, his fiance broke their engagement, he will never be able to work at his old job with his physical limitations. For him, life may look way too long at this point.
Good one!
I would say do as you wish, but don’t get behind the wheel at put others at risk.