Doomsday – Hello Rapture!
Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. Robert Frost
The End Times might very well be on the calendar this year. The problem, of course, is whether it’s ice or fire, nuclear war or robot apocalypse, global warming or test tube viruses, Artificial Intelligence or Donald Trump. It is, after all, part 1984 and part Brave New World. Take your pick, we all have a favorite. Half of us are doomscrolling … and half are bingeing cute kitty videos on Tik Tok.
I guess we’re already living in a dystopian future imagining a post-apocalyptic nightmare, living with constant Dread, kissing our asses goodbye. Plenty of us have stopped having children, no point procreating for a phony future, better to spare the progeny a stunted existence. Some of us are spending down our retirement savings, no doubt figuring we can’t take it with us. Plenty of us are hopelessly addicted to internet Doomsday sites, like watching a football game we already know our team was clobbered mercilessly.
This last week was another predicted Rapture. I’m assuming the True Believers are still earthbound, gravely disappointed, wondering if the Ascension to Heaven passed without them because … well, they weren’t Chosen for reasons unclear maybe, evidently destined for Hell or at least a few more years here to endure the madness with the rest of us sinners and heathens. Welcome back!
For them and my pals who see catastrophe looming imminently, let me offer some unwanted advice. Take a deep breath. Stop the doomscrolling. Read a good book. Take a walk in the woods. Hopefully get yourself lost for awhile. The world will wait for you to find your way home.
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