Mortality

How strange is it that we so easily forget something so fundamental? Perhaps not that strange given the magnitude of the human ego, but it always gets to me that even the most 'evolved' are so self obsessed. The whole world is reduced to a singular relationship with one's self. Everything else relegated to the periphery, while the id, ego and superego dominate. Is that why it takes so long to look past the obvious and into peoples beings? Ego and lethargy? Ugh. That's just catastrophic. Anyway, I suppose as long as you get there. But, yes, predictably, I do digress...
It's strange to get updates on mortality from Facebook. If I hadn't been sorting through the photos to see which ones were palatable for public consumption, I wouldn't have stumbled across the posting on the funereal cortege leaving.... it's strange, I've been trying to explain to Guy that it's more than just social networking for his kids generation, but really, I'm the same generation as he is. Would I post the death of a loved one on Facebook? Probably not. But then I'd eventual write about it here, wouldn't I? How different is it? Semantics. Mortality suffers another casualty. It's ripples gently lapping those that know. For everyone else, the mundane still rules. It's inevitable. The power of life sweeps away everything in it's arrogance. The ebb and flow as predictable as my likelihood to digress.
Le roi est mort. Vive le roi.