A Gift for Life

We often talk of life being a great journey, as if life is some great conveyor belt along which we travel or like some tourist trip on which we will see new places.

But I think that this image can only take us so far. Its also good to see that it is not you or I that is on the journey of life, but that Life is making a journey through us. I mean to say that by doing what we do and being who we are, we take Life on a journey.

Now, we all know that we can get staid and unthinking sometimes. And so it is with Life (or better 'this strange ongoing, always-only-in-the-now activity of living'). Its good to introduce Life to new places, challenges and tastes.

One of the most interesting ways to take Life on a journey is to bring another person into your home. Sharing your palace with a warm, blooded human being is guaranted to shake up Life. The journey that you will take Life on by bringing someone into your home will lead it to unexpectedly wild realms, into souks of dazzling mystery and museums of the past, present and future.

Whilst you may find it a little challenging, you could see that you are doing a great thing for Life. For Life is nothing if not curious for discovery and novelty. So let her enjoy the journey.