This philosophical question which has been asked for centuries still seem to stirr buzzes within our minds even till today. At the utterance of the word, what crosses your mind first?
Let’s take a look at the view of four thespians and their replies to this brain draining concept “life”. These thespians will will be represented by a metaphor for what they stand for.
Life I think in the episode below is painted with more of pessimism and absurdism than optimism and hope.
As we read through this serious but also melodramatic episode, let’s also meditate on the topic (life) and in the end leave our opinions in comment section.
The mind - Most times .We just look at d mirrors..Look who's in there..-ooh hw e be treated so far..How we have nt gotten all our wishes..How we be kicked in d ass..How power changed hands..How time changed behaviors..How time moved places..How time clamped.Disorder and peace..Love and hate..Like and dislike..Honor and forsaken..Reminisce and forgotten..Memories and no more than dust..Light and dark..-we look dis reflection..And ponder why!Why be here..Why be there..Why have this..Why have that..Why nuh this..Why nuh that..Why nuh here..Why nuh there..-Ooh mirror mirror.Or more of..Ooh reflection! reflection!!You are here..You have this..You are there..You have that..You have your wants..and you have otherwise..You have your likes..and you have otherwise..You have your love..and you have otherwise..Yet..still very skeptical..Have Your scars..lead dis dreaded pathAnd yet still..Show other reflection..you will soar high..Make it..or maybe still. . . . .LOSE IT TO THIS LIFE..Then..Just then..Life will be at peace..It will torment you no more oh reflection..It will gnash no more at thee reflection..It will smile and mock you no more oh reflection..Buh till that very THEN!
MOVE ON..
MARCH ON..
PRESS ON..
The body - Lovely....life is indeed eephemeral .You don't get what you deserve but what you fight for If you don't struggle to get to your destination .Life beats you down. Standing by the mirror Is not enough . You have to derive the truth and push on.
The mind - But what happens when you truly push on..What happens when you induce all your best..Most times We just look at d mirror..Look who's in there..Not just because we have to..But we need to..Life knows no strong man..No strong woman..When we still struggle to get to our destination..Life isn't always ok..Even in the very journeyLife still beats you down..Even at your very best..And one will still ponder..All for what..Life is evanescent Vapourate's even in our very before..Just when you think you've gotten the hang of it..It still beckons to your weakness..It still barricades you..
So i ask All for what? Why push on?
When life is Ephemeral..
The Spirit - Well I guess since life is ephemeral, tough and full of struggles, it brings us closer to the conclusion to:
Live for ourselves, Be happy with the little progress we make everyday,Compete with no one ,Accept love and appreciate it,Bring out the best in every ugly situation ,And keep trying to be better for ourselves and not for others
The mind - Fine..But for what then..You make a good friend today just to lose them moro..You say today is tough..tomorrow will be better..Buh yet moro is worse...You beat the struggles today..happy enough,yu shouldn't see em moro..Moro there are tripled..We tend to live our life..Still yet we have no charge over THIS LIFE..We make ourselves happy to end up sad the next moment..We compete with no one but still yet,we are not satisfied with us..We accept love,only to end up bringing pain to those loved ones..We appreciate love and yet..it feels never enough..We bring out the best in every ugly situation..Because there are always ugly situations..So how long will you keep striving ..How long will you keep fighting..We be better for ourselves..but still yet..The world says..THATS NOT ENOUGH..PUT IN YOUR BEST!We say "WE SAY WE DONT CARE WHAT THE WORLD THINKS..FEELS..OR MUCH SAY"BUH YET WE LIVE BY THE RULES OF THIS WORLD..And by then again..This phase just starts all over..To what then Chasing the wind..Chasing what the world has told us to chase..Feeling what the world has told us to feel..
WHY THEN?
Nature - Life is Indeed Life
The mind - Life is indeed life..?What is life..?How is life..?What has life got to do with life..?What has life got to offer..?Does it favour..?Otherwise?Does it care..?Does it feel..?Does it love..?Does it understand..
What is life?
The Spirit - So tell me, you wanna give up? Is that the best option?How sure if you die, the next place is gonna be better?Now lemme tell you what giving up is:
Giving up is letting momma down, making her pains at the labour room with the hope she's giving birth to her comforter IS GONE. Giving up is telling the that you're too weak for struggle, and that you're not a match. Giving up reducing your self esteem to zero. I dnt knw abt you but amma keep pushing, facing my fears and overcoming them, amma make momma proud, amma prove to the world am tough too and lastly I will do that with a smile on my face...
Even if I fail, which I knw its not possible, its beta than giving up cowardly.
The mind - Give up?To what?You came with nothing..You gave nothing..You proving nothing to nobody..Death?Has it anything to do with you?The next place,if they be?You would still want a next place after all thos misunderstandings..You would say" there is a particular joy in really trying hard"Momma is running her race..50years to come..you have no momma yu wanna make proud..90years to come,you do not know this realm no more..Self esteem..you build it..problems bring it down..Yu speak to oneself..still yet..Moro its down again..You have always being pushing..4rm that very beginning till now..Buh push to what?An evanescent life..It doesn't care..It need not know..It doesn't move it you have cared one bit to fight it..It will always win you..YOU WERE BORN A LOSER..The world need not know your weak..The world knows it has no STRONG ONE..Be fooled not..Proving to the world is the height of it all..Thats what it has taught you..That is what it wants you to think..Feel nd even see..You have proved nothing to this very universe..
XO YOU ALREADY LOST THE FIGHT 4RM THE VERY 1ST STEP
The sprit - Life is the LOSER HERE
Life is mysterious, no mata how you try, it still gonna beat you. But what matas most is how you handle those adversaries. Its the loosed because I didn't give up despite all it threw at me, I still stood strong.Its the loosed because I faced it through out my stay on earth, making every moment count and doing what keeps me happy . Life is frustrated bcos it has failed to see me fail despite all it threw at me. I killed life wen I used the stones it threw at me to build ridges to pass through. I came with nothing and I must leave with nothing and that's the more reason I should make every moment here count bcos wen I leave, I leave with jus memories. That's another reason to love now that I have the time least I would love no more...
Let love lead✌
The mind - Love has being leading..And it brought us corruption...They will say its not love!Love will not do this nd that!Do yu have love?You handle the adversary life is all about..Only to keep complaining in your shut doors wailing tears..Asking never ending questions..We pretend we be alright and cool..Mean while life is actually laughing at you..You stood strong,true with tears and strength..Just to see it wasted..Sending you back to far greater tears..You face life throughout your stay here..only trying to make amends to your worries..There go away?Mostly?Not true..we often even want to meet up with the future,so tired of the present condition already..We stay happy just long enough to stay sad..Life is just at its pace watching you climb..Nd generously fall again..Watch you pick yourself up..Dust off the dirt..Watch you climb again..and just yearns..Bcos you fall again..Your bridges still fall..You get to worry about those bridges..how 2 make em stand 4 good buh to no avail..No peace in mind..You truly came with nothing..Yet you will go miles..Fight dragons..Snap serpents..Just to keep what is not yours..Just to attain what you will never remain at..Just to watch what is yours end up in the wrong hands..You even get to leave with absolute nothing..
THERES NO MEMORY TO BE GONE WITH..
XO WHY STRIFE ND CRY ND SUFFER..
Life has maimed you..You just replaying an old version of something you know the end..Buh still have no choice..Than to follow the world..Love now,nd know you never knew love..Love now,nd still feel you never felt love..
All is VANITY
The sprit - He keeps talking abt VANITY, FUTILITY,and POWERLESSNESS. But may I ask you sire. Why are you still here, why haven't gone long ago, why do you still push and chasing the luxury of life. Why not jus close your eyes to death and end all these???We're not in control but we're in control, we're powerless but powerful. Those vanities will tell our story! Shakes died a long time ago but even you the LOSER celebrates him. I knw its vanity, thats why I don't struggle for things, that's why I apply life principles to my everyday activities and that's why I try to leave a legacy for posterity.Even if I go with nothing, at least I left SOMETHING behind!
The mind - Buh mind you..I symbolize life..And as a fact..I have always watched you..Laughed at you..Marvel nd Get bored..You keep talking and yet..You can see no way through..You keep promising nd pushing..And this you will continue..In pain..In agony..You have not actually seen the life you want..Therefore you are subjugated to me..My rules..My ways..My ups..My downs..I turn you where i want..I call you when i want..You are still nothing..I dont know why you suppose you are here..
The sprit - Mark this day ooh arrogant life, provided you breath and try to frustrate me, amma stand tall knowing fully well that am not alone!Death has already lost its essence, your lost is on the way, the same way you've been loosing but this time its gonna be hard that you can't face me anymore.
The mind - Face you alone..No one knows you..I brought no one with you..I know this..Its most palatable..You try again,with the height and all..With the strength and all..Just to reinforce..But just to casual me..I will keep taking them all..You are alone..You are prepared..But to go against what..
Me!!Myself that you do not know..Myself you do not understand..Myself you do not want to tamper..I wonder how then..Come..Come..come see the better strokes that await your ignorance..
You drop of water trying to fight the ocean
END…….
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