on certainty 517

517. But might it not be possible for something to happen that threw me entirely off the rails? Evidence that made the most certain thing unacceptable to me? Or at any rate made me throw over my most fundamental judgments? (Whether rightly or wrongly is beside the point.)

yes – this is always possible –

but only if your life ‘runs on rails’ –

and you hold to ‘certain’ things –

and regard your judgments as ‘fundamental’

if you don’t live in such a conceptual straight-jacket –

and don’t follow blindly rules made by others –

if you aware of the uncertainties of existence –

and that the value of any judgment –

is determined by the circumstances

in which it is made –

you will not be thrown ‘entirely’ –

by anything that happens

© greg t. charlton. 2010.