Take It Easy

In a recent interview with the UK Guardian, 90-year old William Shatner of Star Trek fame reflected on his life, “Here’s an interesting answer!” he says perkily. “I’m glad I didn’t know because what you know at 90 is: take it easy, nothing matters in the end, what goes up must come down. If I’d known that at 20, I wouldn’t have done anything!” It was clear he took his life’s triumphs and tragedies in stride and found understanding in his children and grandchildren that lived nearby. He also recognized the great dichotomies of life that in the end we must just accept. No theologian, yet, life had brought him wisdom, he hearkened the wise words of Ecclesiasters: The words of the Teacher,[a] son of David, king in Jerusalem: “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” Ole’ Captain Kirk was truly spinning some words of wisdom we need to remember when life distracts us from what matters.