by Marty Coleman | Jun 10, 2011 | Universal Mysteries - 2011 |
I went to my wife’s Aunt Marilyn’s funeral yesterday. The person giving the personal remembrance briefly mentioned how she met her future husband, Bill, when he happened to jump in the car she was riding in during college. Of course, that didn’t guarantee they would get together. They needed something else. They both needed room for the seed to be planted.
It’s true in love and it’s true in life. It’s also true in self. I like knowing what I can about myself. I like being self-aware. But I admitted long ago I was not going to ever know ALL of me. I wasn’t going to be able to computerize all my thoughts, feelings or actions. I wasn’t going to be able to have it all figured out.
I don’t abrogate my responsibility to know myself, but I am glad for the continued mystery because as a person and as an artist, I want the freedom to explore new directions if the wind blows those seeds into my life.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
One year ago today at The Napkin Dad Daily – An Intelligent Woman Has Millions of Born Enemies
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by Marty Coleman | Jun 9, 2011 | Anonymous, Universal Mysteries - 2011 |
Part III – Profound and Absurd
It may not matter to you, but it matters to the donut. Well, if the donut was alive I mean. And if it had a brain and thought about things I mean. And if it could contemplate the cosmos and infinity and eternity and mortality and stuff I mean.
I mean, if a donut was like you, what would its answer be?
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Anonymous
One year ago today at The Napkin Dad Daily – Self-Pity
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by Marty Coleman | Jun 8, 2011 | J.J. Van der Leeuw, Universal Mysteries - 2011 |
Part II – Profound and Serious:
Linda’s Aunt Marilyn died this week. She was in the hospital for over two weeks and they never found out what was wrong with her. She wasn’t in good health; she had diabetes, was on dialysis, had high blood pressure, was overweight. But she was only 64 and was going about her business pretty well. But what caused her to become sick and have to go to the hospital, have a viral infection, have heart problems, have low blood pressure, have all sorts of symptoms, was a mystery. All of these things contributed to her death, but none of them explained the mystery of what caused it.
But there are larger mysteries than how she died. One mystery is what happens to her after she dies. Most of her family and friends believe she is now in heaven. They have their assurance based on faith, but they don’t have evidence of it. Some others might think she doesn’t go anywhere. They don’t know for sure either. It is truly a mystery.
In both cases, medical and spiritual, we yearn for answers. To think someone can die without the medical world knowing why is a humbling realization. Humbling for the medical profession and humbling to those of us who expect that profession to understand everything. We must bow to the fact that we will not always know all these answers. We must experience and live within the mystery.
To know with certainty that our departed loved ones live on in some way is one of the deepest of desires. But we don’t know with certainty. All the evidence in the world can point in one direction, then something happens to make us believe in the other direction. But wherever we land intellectually, whatever we think happens after we die, we can’t know for certain until it is our turn. We must experience and live within the mystery.
A note about Marilyn:
I didn’t know her until late in her life. She was kind, thoughtful and attentive to Linda’s new husband (me) and my family. She was especially attentive to my father (who lived with me from 2005-2007) when we would visit her house. She continued to ask about his welfare long after he moved back to California. She also was thoughtful and gracious to my daughters when they came to her house as well. I am grateful for her hospitality and her sweet and caring spirit.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote is my adaption of a quote by J.J. Van der Leeuw. I added the ‘just’ and the ‘also’ to make it less adamant since I believe it isn’t wholly one way or another.
One year ago today at The Napkin Dad Daily – It is the mountaintop that the lightning strikes
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by Marty Coleman | Jun 7, 2011 | Neil Armstrong, Series, Universal Mysteries - 2011 |
Part One: Trivial and Funny
Yesterday I found a hammer on my bed. That was a mystery. It made me wonder. I wanted to understand why the hammer was on my bed. I took a picture of the hammer on my bed. I posted the picture of the hammer on my bed on Facebook and Twitter to show others the mystery I had found. I wanted to see what they wondered about the mystery of the hammer on my bed.
Some thought it was a sign,
Some thought it was a song.
Some thought it was a threat,
Some thought it was wrong.
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Hammer on Bed |
What does this mystery make you wonder?
Drawing, epic poem, photo and question by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
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