Have you ever studied philosophy? Looked at the great minds of the great thinkers of all time for their wisdom? Highly recognized, advanced thinkers like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and St. Augustine, are just a very few of the renowned in this field.
Did you ever notice that their great thoughts mostly only lead to one place? The meaning of life seems to be a pretty hot topic with all great thinkers. Their great, deep thoughts, however, always seem to end up in only one area on the emotional spectrum. These men, although they are great thinkers one and all, are not known to be much of a lighthearted, happy-go-lucky bunch. They are not very optimistic and the thoughts of illness, death, suicide and other human sufferings seem to dominate their thoughts in recurrent themes. They speak at length on these matters and frequently use terms like “anxiety,” “loneliness,” “despair,” and “absurdity.”
One has to start to ponder if all of these conditions lead one to become a great thinking philosopher or if becoming a great thinking philosopher leads someone to these negative and somewhat dark and hopeless conclusions.
When we examine the writings of King Solomon in the Scriptures, we quickly start to see this same dark, rather hopeless sounding message emerging. King Solomon is recorded in Scripture as being the wisest of men.
Is all of this view of reality what created the inspiration for all of the clichés suggesting that the less we know the happy we are? Sayings such as: “Ignorance is bliss,” or “Fat, dumb and happy?”
Maybe it’s true of mankind. Maybe we do tend to think too much at times. Maybe we’re not giving simplicity enough of our attention, or maybe we’re just trying so hard to get it right that we can’t see how much would be right if we could just remember to stop and enjoy the moment.
Let’s give it a try; shall we? Let’s stop right now and think about this moment and everything that’s right about it. Let’s forget to think about what may be different in a another minute and focus on the bliss of this moment as it is separated from all of the other moments and how we can deal with each moment on its own merits. Let’s just try…..one moment at a time. Let’s try not to decide how all of the moments end, but how they feel right now and how fortunate we are when we get to share those moments with those whom we love. Blessings!

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