the monologue

Warning: Confusion is a potential side effect.

LADIES AND GENTS, SIT BACK AND TRY TO ENJOY THE SHOW!

*Curtains open .Girl sitting on a chair with mug of coffee in hand addresses the audience*

"I had a very long and arduous debate with a good friend of mine recently about absolutes. He was of the opinion that nothing is absolute and I was of the opposing house. According to him, in this life, nothing has a finite value on it, everything is around us and we ourselves are vulnerable to change and evolution. Fair enough that as individuals, yes I would like to think that we are able to change for the betterment for ourselves and for that of the human race;otherwise we'd be doomed to a static life that would inevitably become stale. Nevertheless, there are certain things that I think are absolute i.e. death (a physical death is an unavoidable part of our earthly lives). In philosophy, the absolute refers to the totality of things. In my opinion , sometimes for things to make sense in life, there hs to be some form of absolution, otherwise life becomes this constant state of limbo, where uncertainty predominates and chaos may possibly supervene. We all go through life and encounter so many people and we find ourselves in various situations..... the good, the bad, the happy, the sad, the complicated..... and yes we may come out of them unscathed with only fond memories or we emerge wiser and stronger with lessons learnt, but for each situation, there is an ending, there has to be.....otherwise................ it'll be like free falling through space!! Human beings(at least most of us) need that sense of closure, whether it is the closure they would like to have or not, its a finale all the same. This is beacuse of the simple fact that with absolution comes peace and you're not left like a strand of thread that's been left out of that big ball of yarn. We can move on not having to be constantly looking over our shoulders and wondering....... what if? when? who? what next?

Maybe absolutes are relative.....haha could I confuse the matter anymore?? To each individual, what they consider to be finite is comparable to the person next to them. Maybe for some, they fall in love with that one perfect person and that's it. They cannot conceive of the idea that it isn't absolute. They believe in the ideal of the one true north and that's it. For others, they do not believe in the totality of a single soul mate and may be in love with A this year but is completely open to the possibility of falling in love with B the following spring.

This is only one of the many examples that can be drawn upon, and this rant of mine, is the opening act to a potentially infinite theatrical production. There obviously is no right or wrong way to think about this. It is up to you to choose how you want your play to materialise .......write your own ending or anti-ending, whatever the case may be.

As for this stage, the lights have dimmed, the curtain has fallen and I'm going to take a bow...... for now;)"

*Light's fade out*