In order for you to understand a little about where I am coming from, it's important to explain what I consider were significant influences on my life. Inasmuch as we may claim to be objective in everyday life or when discussing issues of life and death, we can't completely separate ourselves from who we were and who we are today. Indeed, the way we experience reality often determines the shape of this 'reality' itself. In other words, we often see things as we think they are and not as they really are because we conceive them as such. Experience plays a significant role in shaping this process. This is why I feel that it's important to go beyond providing you with an account of a recent experience I had in hospital. On the other hand, it would be impossible to describe how I think experience has shaped my outlook on life and death.
There are two reasons for that. The first is obviously related to time and space. To list every experience that influenced my outlook would take a lot of time to complete and, besides boring to the blog reader, it would also be largely irrelevant to what I am trying to achieve here. The second reason why listing all the experiences that affected me throughout life is that it would be humanly impossible. Indeed, there are so many things that I forgot or that I don't recollect well or even countless others I am not aware have affected me.
However, I believe three experiences in my life can illuminate you with why I am writing this blog today. As I said already, I may have chosen these issues as relevant only because think they are significant in providing you with a context. In no particular order, these are the events that directly or indirectly define me as a person:
- The reality of death and mortality.
- The awareness of change and difference.
- The search for meaning and faith.
Over the coming days or weeks, I hope to elaborate on the experiences underlying the above themes. Eventually, this will lead us closer to the reasons behind this very blog's existence.
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