believed that “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” While that’s all nice and dandy, one can argue that this can quickly lead to a whole bunch of sad.
Like stealing the overpriced chocolates and running for the hills. Like wanting the screeching child to fall on their face. Like starting an anarchist movement as the heating prices are set to rise by 90%. Yet the consequences of such potential actions and thoughts could lead to a little more than a slap on the wrist.
She served in the Australian Army Medical Women’s Service from 1944 to 1946. Jean joined the AAMWS during the Second World War, in late January 1944. One memorable experience that Jean recalled to “Now these kinda arrests, we’re happy to make!” said the Victoria Police Department, sending in 3 officers to her birthday partyWhile many have things like ‘bungee jumping’ or ‘visiting the North Pole’ on their bucket list, Jean had something a little different. She daydreamed about being arrested like the little criminal mastermind she is. “I’ve never been arrested in my life,” she told
The officers arrived before the birthday girl and gently placed handcuffs on Jean, declaring that she was “officially” under arrest. According to the officers, she did not resist. “I’ve never had handcuffs on before, I enjoyed it,” she toldHer daughter Kathy toldthat her mom has always had a strange sense of humor. “All throughout lockdown, she kept saying she’d been in jail and, yet she’s never been arrested,” she explained.
With a roll of dice, another year falls. Whatever’s ahead is untold. With a glimpse of the future, the wisdom of the past, take the new year with bounds of pleasure, try to make it last. Roll the dice, let it fall, decide your fate, and march on. No looking back, there’s nothing to see. Only ahead is where you’ll find the sea.
Been there done that.Innocent
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