The Incontrovertible Laws of “Always”

Hmmm, perhaps I should give up the search for the hidden code that will unlock the secrets of life. It may just be that “The Incontrovertible Laws of Always” are as close to the code as I’ll ever come.

There will always be people who run red lights or who pass you on the highway no matter what speed you at which you are traveling. They are frantic to reach their destination. In their haste, they miss the sign that reads: “We all arrive eventually. Purpose is found in the fine details of the journey.”

There will always be opportunities for a free ride. But they usually turn out to be thinly disguised buy now, pay later schemes – and the interest on the deferred payment can take a lifetime to pay off.

There will always be people who believe the universe should revolve around them. Life will eventually disavow them of this misconception. Sadly, many of these people spend their whole life trying to sustain the illusion.

There will always be parts of life that are not fair and don’t make sense. No one is exempt. The lucky among us learn that injustice is a test. We pass the test when we learn to live in gratitude for what we have rather than in bitterness for what we failed to gain.

There will always be people who believe that the end justifies the means – even when the means involves the exchange of one person’s rights for another person’s privilege, or one person’s freedom for another person’s power. Sooner or later, in this life or the next, they become the victim of their own misguided means.

There will always be the possibility of a greener pasture just over the next hill. The risk is that we will spend our whole life climbing and take our last breath regretting that we didn’t have the courage to stop and smell the flowers.

There will always be loopholes and people who make it their purpose in life to exploit them.  Every patch we apply to keep them at bay is only temporary. Stay the course and leave these malcontents to their own misguided ways. Their only pleasure is our discomfort. We have the power to deprive them of it.

There will always be a reason to be unhappy. Discontented is our default state of mind. Happiness is less about the fulfillment of our fondest desires and much more about the desire to find fulfillment in the lot that we are cast.

Life is not meant to be simple or easy, round or square. It is not a puzzle we are challenged to solve. So I go forth, armed with the discernment found in The Incontrovertible Laws of Always and with my metaphor light saber, content to believe that wisdom is hard won but worth the price.

~ Michael Robert Dyet is the author of “Until the Deep Water Stills – An Internet-enhanced Novel” – double winner in the Reader Views Literary Awards 2009. Visit Michael’s website at www.mdyetmetaphor.com or the novel online companion at www.mdyetmetaphor.com/blog .

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