Have you ever thought this?
I have. Actually I just did.
I was looking at one of those fun “reels” in FB in which some crazy guy threw himself…suspended like a trapeze expert, into an abysm. He was holding on to another crazy guy who was wearing a sort of white jumpsuit that opened up like a parachute. It made him look, float, and move a bit like a ghost…I thought that one was pretty cool thing to experience.
It followed that I wanted to do it!
Of course, that was in my overactive imagination! Because in my head, I don’t suffer from height anxiety. I’m also 18! I have to laugh at myself sometimes!
So I told myself…“Next life…Definitely!”
However, the situation is that I don’t know that I will have another life.
There is the conundrum.🤔
If one goes by the Christian belief, then I should go straight to St. Peter’s heavenly door. Yesss, of course I will. After all, I’ve lived a saintly life, right? 🙃
Well, I can only pray!
But…the problem is that I don’t think I can come back from there…and I have a feeling there’s no “reel” making there… but “who really knows?”
However; perhaps in this instance, I will subscribe more to the idea of “samsara” or “cycle of reincarnation” that one finds in Hinduism and Buddhism. It’s a lot more convenient😏. In that way, and at the very least, I may get another opportunity to do those things that I can’t seem to get done in my life… or haven’t yet!
In my mind’s eye, I want to fly an airplane; become an actress; compete in the Olympics; win a tennis Grand Slam; skydive; publish my novel; win a Pulitzer; make love every day; experience being a man; live in Europe; and the list goes on and on. Some are obviously impossible; some might transpire; but most won’t in this lifetime.
I must say that the list has been shrinking as I go through life mindfully scratching out items, and beating down doubts and fears…but there’s so much more to go!
Yes, I definitely will need another lifetime!
