Angels.

I saw an angel the other day.  Seriously.  It was lying down in the back of a car, looking very grey. "Dead angel" I thought.  But it turned out to be concrete or somesuch.  Whether it was for a grave or someone's back garden I don't know, but it made me think about people who see or hear something they take as divine, and what it might mean to them.

Personally I suspect many of these visions or signs are people interpreting what they see or hear in a way that suits or helps them, and don't look for another explanation, perhaps because they "know" they don't need to, or because they don't want to.  I know from personal experience that perception is fallible, I'll tell a customer "hopefully it should be ready early next week" but what many of them seem to hear is "it'll definitely be ready Monday morning".  Maybe that's just me....  But the point there is that even with something as trivial as a computer repair people's perceptions of reality are sadly failing them.  How much more will they fail someone who REALLY wants something to believe in, something that will, if not guarantee eternal life, at least give them the hope and faith that it exists?
 

Steve Irwin seemed a nice bloke, very committed and dedicated to his cause.  But he was always going to meet a sudden end, didn't you think?  I suppose that was part of the fascination, the fact he always seemed to be in imminent danger, while you know that he at least was going to live through the episode you were watching.  But while something fatal did seem inevitable (well obviously) it's still a sudden loss and our sympathies go to his wife and children in particular.

 

Nothing lasts, you may have noticed that's kind of the theme round here...  Airfix has gone and with it part of the childhood of many people.  Certainly part of mine....  (Still, I have enough of them in the loft to last me out :-)

Home

This site was last updated 09/18/06