Life. We slave away at jobs we don’t care about, or chase dreams that only ourselves can ever truly be invested in…and for what? I mean it doesn’t really matter, any of it – apart from for selfish reasons which in their very essence are dumb and somewhat childlike; they’re all – “I WANT THIS…I WANT TO BE THIS…I WANT TO GO HERE” as we kick our feet, and throw our metaphorical toys out of the pram hoping God, fate, or the universe will cut us a break.
Okay, but gimme a nice house and a few human beings who think I’m great…
But the fact is I could get ran over by a bus tomorrow – POOF! Gone. Well…not really ‘POOF’ it’s not a magic trick…there would be a lot more moaning, screaming, and guts as opposed to wizardy and showmanship, but still; there would be a brief moment and then I would be no more. People would be all sad for a bit, and then life would roll on. And in the larger scheme of the universe nothing would have happened at all! You see let’s be honest, the Moon would look the other way, the sun wouldn’t care, and Pluto wouldn’t even hear about it! The self-serving bastards…urgh…
So what’s the answer to this depressing situation? Well I’ve googled it and there isn’t a real one, so apologies in advance. Instead all we can do is black it all out with drink, drugs, and/or knitting…well actually just whatever activity it takes to provide an internal padded room that dampens the “YOUR LIFE DOES NOT MATTER AT ALL” screams that can be heard with every waking second of your existence…
Actually I’ve looked for peanut butter in Korea and couldn’t find it…so there’s yet another reason to wallow in self-pity.
Anyway, I’m just joshing…sort of. Well not really, all I have said so far is sadly true – but the miserable tone is not, as there is a lot to live for. Yourself for one, and for the ones who love you, and the others who you haven’t even met yet. You can enrich each other’s pathetically bleak window of existence and make the whole horrid thing that little bit easier to bear! Great right? Don’t you just feel like moon-walking on a rainbow right now?!
Sigh. Well, maybe not, but I’m not going to let a little negativity (well, a black hole of depression if I was being honest) stop me…despite the fact I know it’s vain, utterly pointless, and that Pluto doesn’t give a shit I am going to still have my own dreams, and spend each day working towards achieving them. If for no other reason than to retain a shred of sanity at the enormity of it all…
SO TAKE THAT PLUTO! I DON’T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOU EITHER!
(Unless you grant wishes, in which case I take it all back and let’s meet for coffee sometime soon?)
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Love this one! 🙂 G-uno
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Glad to hear it! 😂
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Nailed it!
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Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
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Hysterical!
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Funny, or just filled with hysteria? Because…often I can’t tell the two apart!
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Both! The hysteria is despair-induced. 🙂
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Perils of the job I’m afraid 😅😅😅
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Ah, yes. By the way, I still don’t know if you’ve seen my shout out post for you and your book: https://firstnightdesign.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/first-night-design-john-lee-taggart-of-storytime-with-john-makes-me-laugh-a-lot/. 😀
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Wow!!!! I’m truly honored! I will be sharing this as soon as I get home, thank you so much!
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There is no point. We all struggle through, trying to be happy despite that truth.
Thanks, John , for making it easier 🙂
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Let’s forget about it, ey? 🙂
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We all have those moments. But you sound like you get yourself through very well. Life is all about living right? haha
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Yes indeed Jess (I think!!!)
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At the turn of 2014-2015 I watched Monty Python’s “Meaning of Life” and I was listening to Beethoven.
If there was a point it was a grammatical full stop. Apart from that something about fish and music. Fish are fishy and there is no such thing as a fish.
I wish you a happy existence. That is the least I can do.
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Appreciated! haha, and you too! I love that movie despite the fact it only serves to make me feel even worse…but still laughing at the same time, so can’t be too negative about it all!
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I don’t give a shit about Pluto either, so there! ha ha.
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YES! Another in the club!
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Reblogged this on Books and More.
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I think Mickey is going to be very upset by all the abuse you’re giving his friend.
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OHHHHHH! I liked that one Dale!! (I’m stupid so it took me a second)
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Reblogged this on NonchalantxFish and commented:
My god. A very slap-in-the-face tutorial on How to Get Over the Abysmal Hell Everyone Passes Off As Life.
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Nice summary, hahaha! Thank you for the reblog my friend!
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Feelin’ this one. When you have children you get this new lease on life…this is why you are here. Create another human who will live on after you are gone. He will carry your old bones to the grave and your DNA into the future. Your morals and values can be imprinted as well. And then they move out. It is a crap shoot if they will carry any of that stuff for you. They may leave your old bones for distant places, they may keep some of your values or toss them in the next trash bin, and they may have your DNA but chose not to pass them on. All you can hope for is they will call at Christmas. Crap. Where is the chocolate when you need it. Insert pouty face here.
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Wanda this was great! Summed up perfectly the human experience! Seems like all we can do is hope for the best 😂😂😂
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