Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for February 25, 2025

♫ And when I die and when I’m gone

There’ll be one child born

In this world, carry on, to carry on ♪

If that phrase is on a tombstone, then I’d rather be odd.

I don’t know, ask a vulture.

What are the odds ?

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow. And soonest our best men with thee do go, rest of their bones, and soul’s delivery. Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, and dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell, And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well, and better than thy stroke. Why swell’st thou then? One short sleep past, we wake eternally. And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die. (SHAKESPEARE)

“Everything will come out OK in the end. If it’s not OK, it’s not the end.” I guess everything’s OK for this individual…

On stage, holding aloft an awarded iPhone before an audience: “And, lastly, for my infinite perseverance, self-control and fortitude, I’d like to thank the Internet trolls.”

“And in the end, The love you take, Is equal to the love you make”

Anyone ever look at and ponder the “Webb deep Space” telescope photos …“not images”,

But photos of Whats out there?…

Could make you “Think”….

If You Can “Think”……

“You know, you come from nothing, you’re going back to nothing. What have you lost? Nothing.”

“Always look on the bright side of life.”

What are the odds of it evening out…

That’s odd…

my end isn’t so even, in face increasingly wrinkly

The only true state of equality. Even though people make religions to believe inequality continues after death.

I remember an old story. A rich man dies and goes to Heaven and when he gets there he’s met with great rapture. He asks St. Peter if he’s being rewarded for how hard he worked to get to the top? No. His great war record? No. His children? No.

Turns out the important thing he did was give some kid a summer job and some old books from his basement. That kid went on the change the world.

Patience without the other six is only part of how we should strive to live.

What happens to us after we die? A lot! It just doesn’t pertain to us!

For.

Fitting parody from Voltaire “ All comes out even at the end of the day, and all comes out still more even when all the days are over.”

flip a coin, Bud. Whichever the result, it won’t matter either way when your time has passed.

I thought latrines were the great equalizer.

The cycle of all living things on earth is to be born, eat, drink, have offspring, eat, drink, die. The eat and drink is important because that is how the earth keeps its balance — by some species eating others and the dead decomposing to provide nutrients for others. It’s the cycle of life. Man is the only species that interrupts that cycle by changing the environment to suit just ourselves. We level forests, blast mountains, dig holes, drain swamps, dam rivers, dump contaminants, clear out any animals and plants we don’t like. We think of it as necessary for progress; we don’t think about what might be necessary for survival.

nobody knows what’s behind the door(death) the biggest unanswered mystery on our Planet.

Silly question, but does she have her hand in his jacket pocket?

“This is the end, my only friend, the end”

why does granny have on disco boots?

As the windshield melts, and my tears evaporate

Leaving only charcoal to defend

Finally, I understand the meaning of the few:

Ashes to diamonds. Foe and friend. We were all equal in the end