The great, and I mean great, Van Morrison had a lyric in a song that sort of became a catch phrase in my life.
It goes like this: ‘It ain’t why why why, it just is.’
Van the man is a spiritual man, or, at least he was some years ago when he released the album Common One, an underrated work from the artist.
Some, me included, felt like this lyric took a load off our backs, trying to carry the weight of the world. Sometimes that’s not even as overbearing as carrying the weight of your own life. Others I think dismissed Van Morrison’s delving into Christian spirituality as an excuse to thwart those who continue to search for meaning on this third boulder from the sun.
Taken the wrong way, ‘it ain’t why why why, it just is,’ sounds a little like shut up and sit down.
But I won’t shut up. I’m going to keep asking why, knowing that the answer will come in time, or when time ends.