Night Drops

Over analysis brings more April showers. It has been said that the un-examined life is not worth living. This is very serious. It was not stated that the un-examined life is less desirable or mildly uninteresting. No no. "Not worth living"! There is no joking around going on there. This is an all or nothing philosophy. If you do not examine life (presumably your own) you may as well be dead. No wait. "May as well" is noncommittal. You should be dead! As definitive as the statement is, there is some room for wiggle. After all, it is not stated whose life should be examined. Is it okay to examine someone else's life? It is also not stated that the life has to be of a living person (past or present). I submit that the examination of fictional lives suffices. Perhaps this is why we study Shakespeare plays in high school. The analysis of the lives of Hamlet, Lady Macbeth, Cleopatra and others satisfies the requirement to continue living, with worthiness! I knew there has to be a good reason. Now let's hope it stops raining.