Life Is Not a Straight Line

Life is not a straight line. If you expect that it is ...  you are inexperienced, misguided ... and you are uninformed.

Life is not a straight line where you come up with a lot of blessings, and experience miracles in the next episodes ... that lead you to heaven to enjoy an everlasting life.

"Life is a long and winding road," says the Beatles in the sixtees.

Life is a snake pit ... a quagmire ... a Gordian knot ... and a hard nut to crack. It is a convoluted trek ... unforeseen and not formulaic. With all its intricacies and complexities ... like a Pinoy teleserye, it has its unpredictable curves and frequent changes in direction. The plot is loaded with erratic twists and turns ... and just like any person's mood it has its highs and lows vacillating like a clock's pendulum.

The "straight line" notion of life is too naive and very simplistic.  It suggests an effortless journey replete with "all joys and no sorrows" ... all good and no bad scenarios... and that is just a lot of bull.

And to quote Richard Rohr: "Life is not or never has been a straight line forward.   Life is characterized much more by exception and disorder ... than by total or perfect order."

The seismic tracing in the Richter scale of our lives helps us understand to be wary of what is in store for us. These seismic convulsive seizures keep us GOING and make us have that awareness that we are ALIVE ... and make us prepare for the next jolt.

For isn't a flat line (straight line) in ECG ... mean life has ENDED?