His Ideas and Illusions
1. Disability as an opportunity.
2. Utopia. Prototype of a new Paradies.
3. A Parable: The Puzzle and the real Life.
Disability as an opportunity.
He has been disabled for years. First, his left forefoot had to be amputated because of circulatory difficulties in his left leg. After a lengthy hospital stay, he could walk again, at least with the help of crutches.
During his stay in the hospital, he was surveyed. Although he had no heart problems, he was recommended to have a pacemaker fitted. At first, he hesitated for a long time, but the hospital insisted on carrying out the operation. During this routine intervention, a so-called malpractice occurred. During the operation, veins were damaged, the blood no longer circulated correctly, and ten days later, his right forefoot was amputated.
Since then, he has been confined to a wheelchair. Special shoes were made to enable him to walk again. Unfortunately, these cannot be used because the wounds on both feet are not healing correctly. Again, the reason for this is the arteriosclerosis in both legs.
He soon realized he would stay immobile for the rest of his life. This caused a fundamental change in his lifestyle. He, who was used to traveling, and actively contributing to sports and society, must now spend most of his time in his tiny flat. He can no longer go alone on his beloved balcony with its spectacular outside view. Not only that, he only leaves his apartment for hospital treatments and physiotherapy sessions and once a week to shop and visit the restaurant in the same building where he lives. Sporadically, he attends reunions with former work colleagues about once or twice a year.
He always liked to write poems and compositions. Even before his disability, he wrote two books. The first one recounts his hike from Zurich to Geneva, accomplished in twelve days. It was followed by the bizarre melodrama "Waiting for Gwendoline".
But now, being severely handicapped, he has time to work more intensively as a freelance author. He edited and compiled previously written material into a book entitled "Sparkling Storm." The existing poems were cleaned and corrected. He joined the Internet forum "Gedichts-Oase." There, he has published 50 of his poems so far.
When he chatted with his younger son, an IT Specialist, about his experiences in the early days of computers, he was encouraged to write them down.
So he wrote his first book about computers. The title is: "Mit dem Computer per DU". Two more computer books followed in German and two in English. The book "The OTHER Computer History" won an award in the competition of the Creative Aging Foundation. Then he revised the book of the hike, which was newly published with the title "Die Wanderung des älteren Herren". Then, a book on an entirely different topic was added. He describes his dramatic experiences as an employee representative on his employer's administrative committee (Title: Die Rentenkiller).
So much for the actual 'facts',
Back to the title of this article: Disability as an Opportunity.
Without his disability, he would indeed not have written so much. Writing pushed aside the thinking and pondering about his fate. 'Thanks' to his disability, his life has developed in a highly positive direction.
Is everything in life a coincidence, or is it all predetermined?
“Coincidence is a veiled necessity.” (Maria von Ebener-Eschenbach).
For believers: “Coincidence is when God does not want to reveal himself.”.
By the way, about fate:
“God does not play dice.” (Albert Einstein).
For him, the lousy coincidence of a failed operation was the turning point to a different life.
2. Utopia. Prototype of a new Paradies.
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People of all ages live in Utopia. The number of residents is balanced.
Everyone who can work has the same income. Those unable to contribute to the gross national product also receive the same amount of national currency. This unity is called UfM (Unity for material things). With this money, the residents of Utopia can buy anything which is touchable. Accommodations are available in apartment buildings, single-family homes, shared apartments, wooden huts, or tents. Depending on the comfort the habitant desires, they pay a few or many UfMs. There are no privately owned properties.
Everyone lives close to their workplace. The people there don't need a vacation; they live in paradise.
To travel from A to B, they use ultralight bikes made of carbon narrow spoked wheels powered by pedals or have sails driven by the wind. Electrically powered vehicles are available in emergencies. Public transportation, when required, is free.
All kinds of food are available in abundance: millet, oatmeal, rice, fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs, bread, and whatever else. There are also grapes, beer, vines, Champagne, tobacco, hemp, chocolate, Black Forest cake and there’re like.
The products which require more effort to be produced cost a little more UfMs.
Clothing can be chosen individually. The clothes are all equally decorative, fashionable and comfortable. There are no brand names for bluffing.
There are plenty of places to have fun: tennis courts, golf courses with any number of holes, swimming pools, stadiums, saunas, and racetracks for alternative vehicles. And everything else they enjoy or need to relax: circuses, theaters, concerts, cinemas, discos, bars, fairs, open-air events, and anything else you can think of.
The inhabitants of Utopia are free to choose their way of life, their preferences, their priorities, and the fulfillment of their wishes. They are also free to have children or not.
- There is nothing to inherit
- No interest is charged.
- There is no private ownership
- Taxes, Insurances and banks don’t exist.
- There are no armies or police.
- But not everyone is the same, but everyone is equally rich.
Questions:
- Would the residents of Utopia take narcotic drugs?
- Would anyone have a guilty conscience?
- Would there be cases of suicide?
- Would there be any crime?
3. A Parable: The Puzzle and the real life.
*Life is not just a game of dice. It's also a big puzzle.
He is tempted to invent a parable between puzzles and real life:
- At first, there is a pile of disorganized, apparently shapeless parts.
- They must be put together to form a picture.
- In a real puzzle, the final picture is known; in the virtual puzzle, it is not.
- You start to put the pieces together.
- First, you use the parts with straight edges.
- Then, you find the pieces that form a rectangular frame. In real life, this is after the puberty.
- Now, color patterns are becoming visible.
- After the frame is formed, it becomes more difficult. Objects cannot be seen yet.
- One way is now to follow the colors. You find pieces which fit.
- But then there are long pauses to place the next piece. Isn’t this very often the case in life?
- You are blocked; you hold a piece in the hand which you are convinced that it should fit here.
- But it doesn’t. The temptation is great to get a hammer to force the piece into the place you believe it should be.
In real life, such situations are well known. - In this case, you need a time-out. In a play-puzzle and in real life.
- Now, the only thing that helps is to mix the remaining parts thoroughly. Pieces not seen before are now easily put in place.
- That helps; you progress. The picture becomes clear and starts to make sense.
- Is it the beautiful picture you want? In a puzzle, it will always be a beautiful one. Not so in real life,
- The accurate picture you only see shortly before you die.
- You have to accept it; you have no other choice. It is not possible to get something else than what the destiny you gave. You can't buy another one, and you can't exchange it.
- And then you realize that every piece fell into the predestinate place. Even without violence.
Did you understand the parable?
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