by Ruthie Hochman

Created on: November 21, 2009

Passing Through

"So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness." - Sidney Poitier

Yesterday as I was taking a late, very late, afternoon hike - the kind that ends as the Sun is setting, I was inspired by a flood of many musings. One thought in particular that I had is that there is relevance to the randomness. Indeed, the randomness is relevant and in fact, it is a necessary ingredient of The Divine Order of Things.

There was a moment when I stopped to appreciate the various hues of azure adorning the soon-to-be night blue sky, and I could only marvel at what a wonderful life it is. People are funny, most especially "I".

Being human is a trippy endeavor, and life is always fascinating. Sometimes we get so worked up and worried about so much and it turns out we were simply practicing an exercise in futility. In the end, the trivial trivialities we thought mattered so much turn out to be essentially irrelevant. While the randomness we found a bit too chaotic to abide and far too difficult to endure was never as random as we thought. Every little nuanced detail of our life experience, is-was-and will always be, relevant.

I am wondering at this moment if randomness is just another word for synchronicity. I am also thinking that I place zero confidence in coincidence. As for dejavu, somehow I feel more often than not, that I have done this before. Or, "Oh, no, here I go again". And so I try to run away from the inevitable. But not anymore. I finally figured out, what is inevitable always catches up with us anyway. There is no escaping or running away from what we are intended to experience. It is just the way it is. And as much as I am no fan of tired cliche's, sometimes there really is no other way of saying a thing.

Who knows, maybe the first time we experience something is merely the practice run? And the second time is when it starts to get really fun! 'Cause by now we have learned all the things not to do from the first one. Hmmm?

There are no mistakes. Everything is exactly as it is supposed to be. Don't fear life. Embrace the journey. And don't be hard on yourself, it is okay if you're not perfect. Neither am I. In fact, I am so perfectly imperfect. 100% imperfect!

And IT IS possible to be imperfect and yet have a good heart, a clean heart, a sincere yearning for goodness, truth and a desire to lead a right life. It really is. Everyone is a hypocrite. Most assuredly I. So what! Now what?

I suppose, in some, if not every way, we should just sit back, enjoy the ride, and see where it takes us. Maybe it will be lots of fun. An exciting adventure! Oooh wee! It is okay to enjoy life here, in case you didn't know. I am just saying. After all, all of us in this realm, are merely passing through.

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