An Essay for Goldenroya, as inspired by PuddleglumAuthor’s note: If you didn’t read yesterday’s comments and have never read any of Puddleglum’s postings, the following will make no sense. If you did read yesterday’s comments and have also read every posting that Puddleglum ever wrote, the following will still make no sense.
In today’s Calvin and Hobbes strip, Bill Watterson’s secret message to his elite readers is about life itself. In life, we cannot sit motionless forever, paralyzed by fear. But we also cannot simply coast through our lives without continually steering around obstacles, or life will become nothing but a slippery slope.As we speed through life, many obstacles will spring up in front of us, like…….. like trees! Yes, towering obstacles that hang over our lives and often branch out in many directions. Obstacles whose bite may be worse than their bark if we should collide with them along life’s path. Each one, a deeply-rooted, unyielding obstacle that always stands firm – an obstacle that never packs its trunk and leaves.We must navigate between things like the tip of a wedge.With risks, we must know which bets to hedge.We must know when it is safe to live life on the edge.But we must carefully stay away from the ledge.- Burma ShaveAnd as we approach the end of life, we may find ourselves going downhill faster and faster. At the very end, we may even feel like we are skating on thin ice, facing a cold reality. But when we reach the climax, there is always the possibility of one final breakthrough. It is important then that we not allow ourselves to drown in our success. As Calvin’s parents have repeatedly warned him, “stay out of the Watter son.”Questions?
An Essay for Goldenroya, as inspired by PuddleglumAuthor’s note: If you didn’t read yesterday’s comments and have never read any of Puddleglum’s postings, the following will make no sense. If you did read yesterday’s comments and have also read every posting that Puddleglum ever wrote, the following will still make no sense.
In today’s Calvin and Hobbes strip, Bill Watterson’s secret message to his elite readers is about life itself. In life, we cannot sit motionless forever, paralyzed by fear. But we also cannot simply coast through our lives without continually steering around obstacles, or life will become nothing but a slippery slope.As we speed through life, many obstacles will spring up in front of us, like…….. like trees! Yes, towering obstacles that hang over our lives and often branch out in many directions. Obstacles whose bite may be worse than their bark if we should collide with them along life’s path. Each one, a deeply-rooted, unyielding obstacle that always stands firm – an obstacle that never packs its trunk and leaves.We must navigate between things like the tip of a wedge.With risks, we must know which bets to hedge.We must know when it is safe to live life on the edge.But we must carefully stay away from the ledge.- Burma ShaveAnd as we approach the end of life, we may find ourselves going downhill faster and faster. At the very end, we may even feel like we are skating on thin ice, facing a cold reality. But when we reach the climax, there is always the possibility of one final breakthrough. It is important then that we not allow ourselves to drown in our success. As Calvin’s parents have repeatedly warned him, “stay out of the Watter son.”Questions?