Reincarnation

I would imagine that it is quite normal for anyone who has had a cancer diagnosis to consider the possibility that cancer would win. This could trigger, as it did with me, a look at what might or might not be waiting for us after death.

Today, two and a half years ago, after I received news I had cancer, I have it figured out ………. I’m coming back as a cow.

Sunday started this line of thought …. I won my age group at the Susie’s Cause 5K. (My friend Kristin won first woman) While winning my age group sounds great, keep in mind that the next sixty plus year old finished almost twenty minutes behind me. Now in my defense I was twelfth overall and just a few seconds behind the guy who won the fifty year old division. (OK a small pat on my shoulder)

Twenty minutes after a good 5K finish I was sprinting to a Port-O-Potty, an hour and a half later, my foot pressed hard on the gas pedal of “Big Red”, speeding the ride home.  Ten seconds in the driveway was almost too long, but I made it to the office bathroom. The extra fifty yards to dash to the house might have been out of reach.

So, after a week of intense “activity”, with plenty of time to think (I have adapted the Thinkers Pose) I may have come to the conclusion that the Hindu’s belief in reincarnation may be correct. In this light, I have to assume that I am merely being conditioned for my next assignment ………. As a cow.

For anyone who has been around said animal no explanation required. For any who may not understand ….. For god sake …..  Get out more.

If we can’t laugh at ourselves then we are really in trouble, oops here we go again, have to dash off ….. Mike