The merry-go-round of why

Published in Living Now Magazine April 2013

In our current crazy world full of smart phones constantly connecting to wifi networks while syncing themselves to all manner of other gadgets just to make sure that we and all the machines might miraculously end up on the same page, we rarely get enough time for contemplation.

So, what would a person with only limited time left in the world, but released from the concerns of the world, spend their time contemplating?

Recently I’ve had the opportunity to ask this question as two of my friends have been dying – and yes I know we are all dying but what I mean is dying in a more accelerated way – read terminal illness and visualise doctors frowning and stroking their chins as they try to determine exactly how long you’ve got.

Contemplation begins with ‘Why?!’ or more specifically ‘Why me?!’ And here’s where we get to see pain because ‘Why me?’ is a question about fairness and justice. And we can extrapolate this type of thinking into any bad news or perceived injustice afflicting us in our …