We are generally pretty good at beginnings, at births. We can plan for it, and then even if the planning is done poorly, we can 'deal' with the outcomes. But the end ? My gosh (insert suitable word here), no one ever seems to anticipate that things will end.
We all die
There will be a big crunch after the big bang
Businesses fail
Relationships collapse
And life goes on. We generally (perhaps death and the big crunch excluded) live to fight on another day in a new way, one that perhaps wasn't foreseen but it still manageable. It's the ugly face of change. It amazes me that we still build ideas and institutions with complex and involved joining rituals, and yet very little attention is paid to the exit - the other end where things are bound to go.
I look at Europe today, and the whole economic tragedy that is Greece and wonder how so many people can toil for long periods without imagining that at some point, nations with fewer resources (and perhaps a sense of entitlement) wouldn't be able to pay their bills, and so will need to be gently, and lovingly evicted. It's ok - some things weren't meant to continue forever.
Whatever we each do in the future, plan for an end. Because the guy walking with the sign board - he was right - the end is coming, and the question really isn't if, it's when.
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