The Layers of Life

The Layers of Life

The Art of Living in the Millennium

Robert Dobnick

Winter 2023

Living, Loving and Longing

It was in the year 2022 that my world would turn another page. After the devastating apocalyptic pandemic, and the utter devastation of a world order brought on by willful ignorance. A planet divided by false prophets and con artists pursuing their agendas of hate and greed laid siege to a fragile Eco system many decades in the making.

One cannot but wonder at the total lack of concern when it comes to the human condition. For a planet that has been nurtured and coddled for the past 2000 some odd years under the Picean agenda, it seems at times not much in the way of love for our neighbors or care taking of our fragile planet has been cultivated or even attempted.

As I walk my way through this journey called Life, I can’t help but reflect on the base elements that keep us alive and thriving, regardless of our reckless abandon when it comes to safeguarding our existence.

Each and every decade for me has been a celebration of a life well lived. Every season has been a symphony of light and love that have colored the tapestry and mosaic I call my life.

There, of course, have been many moments of distant darkness and even some more immediate matters that have challenged my journey, but in the end I have found them to be in some ways beneficial in giving me the strength and purpose to go on.

Life truly is a dance, and whether it is a waltz or a samba, the rhythm of universe can be heard in its wake. 

This latest reincarnation in my 75th dance around the sun has perhaps been the most difficult of all the pervious ones, but once mastered it has become an auspicious one indeed.