To be or not to be may be the only two possible answers to the age old question "Why am I here?"
Which will YOU ultimately choose?
Here are the choices made by Mythical/Historical/Current Figures
Gilgamesh, after his quest for immortality, chose TO BE a good king to his people, a good husband to his wife and a good father to his children.
Jesus, a victim of post-traumatic stress dirorder, chose NOT TO BE and became a suicide martyr.
Van Gogh, a victim of unrequited love, chose NOT TO BE in a world so opposed to the beauty he envisioned in his paintings
Shakespeare chose TO BE although I'm not sure why
Hitler chose NOT TO BE, he also made the same choice for 6 million others.
John Lennon chose TO BE comfortable amidst what he described as a mostly suffering world population. Someone else chose for him NOT TO BE.
Bill Gates chooses TO BE the champion of consumerism. His charity foundation chooses for the poverty stricken and uneducated TO BE tomorrows paying customers.
2006-07-22
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