I continue to think about what is relevant. I suppose if you were building a house information about design, foundations, structural support, plumbing, electrical systems and data integration would all be relevant information. If you have something that you need to do you find relevance in the material that addresses the topic.
But what about the topic of life. What is relevant to living life? I'm alive. I live. My life has a past, present and future regardless of what actions I take or don't take. I go through stages and life cycles without any conscious intentionality about it at all. It just happens. The specific needs and concerns of my life continually change depending on what life stage I'm experiencing. History leads me to believe that I'll have a similar experience in my future.
So what is relevant in this ever changing life lived? Is it my unique needs at the different stages of my life that dictate relevance? Is there anything relevant to life at all or is it just one experience after another? Is there something that makes life itself totally relevant for each and every moment of this continually moving life? Is there a Word that makes all of this relevant? A Word that lasts and lasts and lasts...?
the only constant in this life is change. the one thing relating different stages of our lives to one another is a sense of purpose, a mission, so to speak. It's different for everybody. "I think, therefore I am" is not enough. People are never really happy unless they admit to our commonness. We like to think of ourselves as hardened individuals but in reality we are all joined at the hip, screaming to the heavens, literally begging for our salvation.
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