[quote style=”boxed”]Your life, as you know it… is gone. Never to return. â Bill Murray[/quote]
By Cody Klyne, Editor in Chief
When you donât know where youâre going, itâs easy to think that itâs because you arenât going anywhere at all. The truth of the matter is that, like oh so many imported fireworks expunged in the night sky this past Canada Day weekend, weâre all so wrapped up in the idea of the destination that the truly exciting part, the anticipation and discovery, feel like a chore. When youâre in school, youâre in school; when you have a job, you have a job; when youâre unemployed and looking for work, youâre unemployed and looking for work: our lives are defined by stops and starts. So⌠why do we gloss over the important bits; the transitions and segues that tie it all together?
Recently offered a seat in a program for the fall, I couldnât help but get my Dr.Phil-pants onâthatâs not a fat joke, nor is it code for lazy day sweatsâand reflect on the actions that have led me to the high stakes, last shot crapshoot Iâm left to deliver on now. After a week filled with meditation and hot yoga paired with a raw food diet (none of which actually happened) the biggest take away from my dissection is that which I mentioned in my introduction, which is essentially that: life just kind of happens whether you do, or donât do, anything to help it along.
Now, Iâm not a spiritual man, I think the idea of âfateâ is largely a load of grade A hooey, but every now and again I think we can all relate to having gotten swept up in the gooey, miasmic current of life. Sure you could poke holes in my pseudo-philosophical theory and claim to have not only not achieved anything in the past 365, but that you also havenât moved, or impacted anyone else. Fair enough, the life of a house cat is noble as it is cushy. If thatâs not your way, you could stand on your soapbox and proclaim to Olympus, loud enough to cause Zeus himself to stand at attention, that every step youâve taken whether it be forward or back, youâve fought for and earned as the result of the sheer audacity of your insatiable human desire to conquer (or be conquered, as the case may be). Whatever your approach, all Iâm saying is that for the rest of your life youâll be moving and transitioning, so do as the firework and make it loud, unique, and colourful.
This month, the salubrious mid-summer Other Press crew address topics the likes of Vancouverâs upcoming Powell Street Festival, the state of BC Ferry fares, the future of the Canucks, and more; all the while maintaining a toothy grin simply because theyâre a happy bunch. Thatâs it for me though, turn to the next page and get to reading, cause Julyâs gonâfly.
