{"id":3698,"date":"2018-11-15T11:10:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T17:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=3698"},"modified":"2026-03-15T16:49:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T21:49:53","slug":"sick-and-tired-of-meaningless-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/sick-and-tired-of-meaningless-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Sick and Tired of Meaningless Days?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Holidays offer time to reflect on how meaningless or meaningful your life is.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-image-3700\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"617\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Meandering-Elephants-blog-1024x617.jpg\" alt=\"Meaningless or meaningful life\" class=\"wp-image-3700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Meandering-Elephants-blog-1024x617.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Meandering-Elephants-blog-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Meandering-Elephants-blog-768x462.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">&#8220;Meandering&#8221; oil on canvas, 1988, Private Collection, Auseklis Ozols<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Are you shuffling through the motions or sparkling with great purpose?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One provocative movie may hold a clue for your future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>No one under 16 should see this film because the first 20 minutes open with one of the most terrifying reenactments of a battle that has ever been filmed.&nbsp; The trauma in the opening scene is so great that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs set up a toll-free hotline in 1998 for veterans and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-3703\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Saving-Private-Ryan-blog.jpg\" alt=\"Meaningless or meaningful war\" class=\"wp-image-3703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Saving-Private-Ryan-blog.jpg 694w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Saving-Private-Ryan-blog-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Saving Private Ryan 1998\/The Kobal Collection\/Dreamworks LLC<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The movie moves through the eyes of Captain John Miller, who is played by Tom Hanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He leads eight soldiers to locate and save Private Ryan, who\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8230;they do not know<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8230;they never heard of<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8230;they knew nothing about<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8230;was not a friend of theirs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>One Private is to be rescued by eight men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason he was to be saved was that his three brothers had been killed in combat, and the War Department (back in the day) made a decision that he should be found and brought home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-three-questions-everyone-should-answer\"><strong>Three questions everyone should answer<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Having watched this movie many times, I&#8217;m struck by its moral questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why were eight called to risk their life for one?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How much is one man&#8217;s life worth?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How much is one nation&#8217;s life worth?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>How much?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Not a General<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not a Colonel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not a Lieutenant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not a Major<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not even a PFC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A Private.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Captain Miller and the majority of the 8 were mortally wounded saving Private Ryan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His final words in the film, as he looked at Private Ryan, were these&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;James, earn this.&nbsp; 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