He had means and he had opportunity, but he had no motive.
In this case, the action in question wasn’t the commission of a crime, it was the living of a life.
All over the world, people struggle for the means to live, or the opportunity to make a better life; but, unless they also have a reason to live, means and opportunity are meaningless.
Selfish desire had been his sole motivation for years, but like a mirror that reflected only itself, he had examined his own life and found it empty.
He needed to care about something outside himself, something like love; he wasn’t quite sure where he should go to buy something like that.
Oh, my brother — all the means in the world cannot buy motive. For “reason to live” is not a thing you buy – it’s a thing you make.
For Nano Poblano this year, I’m trying a prose post a day instead of my usual work in poetry. Thanks for reading. – S.B.
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Yes ! Odd how some things are so obvious sometimes, though, intangible logic at others.
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True.
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So true. I have lots more to say..but it’s kinda stuck…BUT..I totally agree…life needs meaning..and the meaning is what we put or give or see within it…it’s ours..really…and something that also have to be shared and given to others..or else..again, it will become meaningless.
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