Tonight, I attended a lecture by an author faculty member of our local Honors College. The lecture was titled "It Is The End Of The World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine". The speaker commenced by showing a slide of a Mayan pyramid, and discussing their accomplishments including their 52-month "short" and 5000-year "long" calendars. The 5000 year calendar's end falls in December 2012, just a short 10 months away! There are some individuals and groups who believe that this will be a (another!) violent end of the world as we know it!
Slides of marketed "coping" devices like armory beds were shown, while a descriptions of the earth reversing its axis spin direction to cause violent weather (greater than the "global warming" ones!) was given in a satirical presentation. The question was posed as how the speaker would handle an impending end of the world? She reminded of the previous historical predictions "of the end", while stating "nothing lasts forever". She referred to favorite contemporary books to present her answer. In the discussion she addressed the potential positive benefits of negative emotions like "rejection", "isolation" and her most emotional, "loss".
The conclusion...turn our inevitable end in to a positive reminder to live each day as if it is the last...introspect to determine what is important to yourself as a unique individual, and work toward these goals...
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