What’s It All About?

I can easily sympathise with people who are struggling with their life’s direction. For years I listened to the gurus exhort us to do what we love, to become the person we were put here to be, to live our life’s dream. But I wasn’t feeling my life’s fulfilment. If I was lucky I knew what I wanted to do tomorrow, forget the rest of my life’s journey. I was only feeling inadequate in the face of all these strident pleas. I felt more like I was someone sitting on the back row of the seminar who may at any moment jump up and break into loud song, asking Alfie what its all about. And I had a suspicion that walking over hot coals wouldn’t help me find “the true me” either.
But in the midst of this earnest searching daily humdrum life goes on. And some of the daily experiences are more dramatic and weighty than others. One of my most important and immediate goals not too long ago was to find, at just about any cost, a solution to Jessie’s itching. To back up a bit Jessie is not my life partner but my constant, adoring companion, my Australian Terrier. For thirteen years any time I’ve looked down, if I’m at home, I’ve seen my Jessie at my feet. That degree of devotion, especially to a person who has no idea at all what its all about deserves some pay back. And again I was experiencing that familiar feeling, inadequacy. I was not finding any solution to Jessie’s itching. And I didn’t know what it was all about.
But when we search long enough and diligently enough our persistence is usually rewarded. It was a red-letter day for both of us when, after so much trial and error, I found a solution to Jessie’s itching, misery, and bald skin. Petology gave Jessie new healthy skin and gave me a new life direction. Now we are both enjoying our daily lives and I have no need at all to question Alfie about The Meaning of Life. Its a good thing too ’cause I don’t think Alfie ever answers.