the end of the world
(part five)
((this is your life))


"your not really mad at iran or afghanistan. you're mad at the fact that your wife can't stand you anymore."

"it only ends once. anything that happens before that is just progress." - jacob, lost

in my opinion, the above line of dialogue from the season finale of lost is the single, best line in the history of the show.

most "best"'s become such in our minds because they transcend whatever field, moment, genre, place or time they initially occur. michael jordan is the best basketball player ever only partly due to his history on the basketball court. michael jordan is the best because he transcends not only the sport he played, but sports, themself. to be the best at something, whether it's golf or engineering now might be called the "michael jordan" of this or that.

a simple, yet philosophical line from a tv show not everybody watches will never reach that kind of pop-culture status, but it could very well apply to every walk of life.

marriage. parenting. church. school. career. friendship. love. each idea a constant work in progress. each littered with failure every step of the way.

the temptation is to project. frustrated at home? kick the dog. angry at work? forward mean "your boss sucks" e-mails. hate that the braves suck? yell at your kid. underwhelmed in your worship team meeting? visit a new church.

you're not really mad at iran or afghanistan, are you? do you know anyone there? could you give me the context to the sociological factors that have led our countries to disagree with each other at fundamental levels? maybe you could. but wouldn't you rather focus on which of our homebound members desperately needs their lawn cut?

huffman may be evolving to her natural end, or she may be readying herself for the redemption story of a lifetime. we'll have to see.

what we are living through now is just progress.

progress. such a nice word. makes you feel like what we are experiencing is worth something in the end.

best. line. ever.

good song, too.