Worth
Is it worth it
Is the wrong question
For those of us who can’t answer
Who are so hesitant
So ready to check our impulses
So unsure of what we want
What makes life worth living
Is not the question for us
Instead let us ask
Why not?
When?
How?
Let us taste and see
That the Lord is good
In everything
I’d be interested in knowing the motivation behind your poem.
Is it worth it? Most of the time the answer to that is no.
I often check my impulses and my motivation for things because I want to make sure they’re pure.
I for one ask a lot of questions. I don’t know if why is one of them until late. The way question has more to do with why is our pet bug going to die than any personal life events. I ask a lot of other questions though.
Austin
Comment by Austin — October 30, 2007 @ 3:54 pm
Ama was writing about existential dread, the fear of living. It reminded me of my own recurring moments of that dread, that sense of emptiness and meaninglessness, so that even the pleasant things seem pointless. But sometimes I need to not ask the question, is it worth it, but just go ahead and do things. Not everything has to have a deep and profound point to be worth doing.
When I said “check my impulses,” I meant hold back, not examine. It’s easy to just assume that anything I want is bad, and sometimes I need to go ahead and follow my impulses — examine for badness, yes, but not assume it. My motivations are never pure — but if there is some good mixed in, good enough. As G. K. Chesterton said, if a thing’s worth doing, it’s worth doing badly.
Comment by Marcy — October 31, 2007 @ 8:07 am