That's Enough For Me
- Clint Haugen
- Feb 2, 2024
- 2 min read
I am alive
In this present moment
A combination of the past
With the potential for a future
Heading somewhere
With someone I haven’t met yet
And I like to believe that
I choose my future
I am trying not to believe
That the future is set
I hunger for free-will
It has to be true. . .
It just has to . . .
What I choose to do
Or not to do
In this life
Is on me
It is
My responsibility
It is not predetermined
I am free
A slave to the cooperate wheel?
Sure,
But still,
Free
Nonetheless
A slave to the environment that shapes me?
Yes,
But still,
Free to explore it
Free to live
Free to die
Free to create
Free to love
Free to hate
Free to stay silent
And free to engage in a heated debate
If I so wanted to.
“But, Chester, if the apocalypse really is coming, and we do all go extinct, then what is the point of your freedom in the present? If all of this leads to that, then what does it matter what cereal you put into your bowl this morning? And what does it matter if you ran an extra mile today, if the sun explodes tomorrow? What good is your free-will if there is an inevitable future pulling us into it?”
Inevitable future? Do you know it? Do you feel it? No?
You speculate, but you don’t know.
And why worry about something that has never happened and might never happen?
No, the apocalypse isn’t here today.
It isn’t knocking on our door.
Today, I am free,
Free to choose who to be
And that’s enough for me.
CH 2/2/24
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