When I pass from this earth, I firmly believe I will cross one river or another. May be sooner or later. But still, there will be waters to cross and tolls will need to be paid in full.
Will it be the river Styx. Will Charon be waiting for me. Will the toll be paid in full with all the evil and bad karma that I spin in this world when I am alive?
Will it be the Humbling River. An Angel of God waiting on the ferry to carry me toward the light. The toll paid in full by all the good deeds that I spin in this world?
Who dictates what the price of the toll is for either ferry. Is it the religious right. The evil and dark left. Who sets in motion the path I take to the river. It is me as a young man, struggling with right vs wrong in my own heart. Or will it be when I am middle aged, thinking I have it all figured out, and doing my best to set my life straight. Or will it be when I am in the winter of my life, and seeing the bank of the river that I will soon be carried across?
What if I never get the chance to make it to the winter of my life? Will I get yet, another chance on this earth to change my river ticket? Who says that I only get one shot. Who says that if I fuck it up that I have no other choice but to ride with Charon.
I bet my ticket on the river that this traveling contract is between me and my Higher Power. Not between YOU, me and YOUR Higher Power. I'm thinking there are a LOT of people that need to manage their own trip, rather than focusing so damn much on mine.
Now, I'm off to explore the river banks.
1 comment:
WOW! Damn, I've been thinking about this as well.
The thing is with the good deeds is that we hardly remember them because either we or someone near to us wants to remind us that we are such total assholes because we did__________ or we didn't do ______. That is their rules, but they are not necessarily the workings of the Divine.
The fact that you wrote this and are even considering this means that you are heading for good and you are on the right path. Most people don't think about this at all. Some people got their golden ticket through their born again confession, but then they act just as badly as they did pre-Jesus. I don't think they will wake up where they think--forgive me, but we recently got so burned by so-called Christians here in Philly and I'm not over it yet.
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