Friday, August 11, 2006

Yes

Today I saw a Sign. It hovered there, in glowing red letters, and it simply said “YES.” While such a Sign could obviously not have any other than supernatural origin, nonetheless I pondered its meaning. Yes, what? Yes, there is a God? Yes, there is life on other worlds? Yes, we have no bananas?
Perhaps it was both all and none of these. It was a universal affirmation: Yes, everything. Everything exists; if not now, then in the past or the future. Everything will happen eventually. Everything that has happened eventually will be inconsequential next to everything that will happen. Everything is real.
Or maybe, just maybe, if one is pessimistic and uncreative, and believes that the world is a boring, boring place, where supernatural affirmations are but poorly-worded advertising, it could have been an indication of vacancies available in the hotel to which it was affixed. Yes.

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