Hell – And The Synapses That Done It

He applies his human reason

To facts not at all related –

And to say his false conclusions

Are erroneous is understated.

Fighting a losing war within,

He struggles for an appearance of normalcy.

But, there are so many cracks and flaws

All crumbles in sad absurdity.

His soul is trapped inside his body,

With expressions frustratingly checked –

Synapses deteriorating, scrambled understanding,

And relationships effectively wrecked.

He lives within this fleshly shell,

And struggles for recognition.

Loosing connection with reality,

He desperately seeks affirmation.

Oh – The horror of this slippery slope,

This living analogy of Hell.

Able to feel on the inside,

But unable others to tell.

To know the truth, but not to know it;

To want to interact with the world –

Yet not to be sure that he can or he does,

Leaves his mind in a horrible swirl.

What's happening in him is baffling;

To hope, to question, to doubt, to pursue –

Thoughts that leave him greatly perplexed

About how this Gordian knot to undo.

To have the truth before his eyes

Yet not be able to grasp it well –

To feel it there, yet beyond his reach,

Is a living picture of hell.

"But", says he, "it's not my choice and not my will,

This body where my soul does sit –

Have patience and take care of me.

It's the synapses in my brain that done it."

J. Alton Davis  © 2012

(re Alzheimer's disease)

Don't Destroy Life (The Logical Extreme ?)

Support Life 

Chew on a Rock

History - Its Importance and Use

 A perspective on the importance and usefulness of history:

History informs us first concerning our starting point, then the path taken from that starting point to where we find ourselves today.  Having an adequate knowledge of our history, we are armed to make today's decisions – Armed to make the decision that will most properly guide our path into the future.

Decisions affecting the future must be based on the proper historic foundation – like the upper floors of a tall building, which are aligned with the foundation, and not simply on the floor below, and then built in accordance with an appropriate plan.

In making today's decisions, we should first ask if we can identify any past decisions, which in retrospect may have been erroneous and, therefore, ought to be corrected lest we propagate that error into the future by basing today's decision on the results of that previous error.

Once satisfied (either by acceptance or correction of past decisions) with the path our history has taken to bring us to where we are today, we are in a healthier position to make good decisions that will direct our path into the future.

To Ignore the past when planning for the future is like building a tall building by ignoring the foundation and adding each additional floor by working only from the floor you are currently on.  Eventually, the building will be so far out of alignment from the foundation that the entire structure will fall over and collapse in a useless heap of rubble and dust.