Life is what it is

The Sense of an Ending, in my opinion, was a fabulous book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, from start to finish. While some of the characters angered me a bit, I still found it to be a good read. It was smart, clever, witty and funny, on top of philosophical and thought provoking. While reading this novel, I found myself thinking about death, time, and the meaning of life quite often. This might sound a bit strange, but I could not stop thinking about the song "Wasted Time" by The Eagles (I even referenced it in one of my annotations.) Maybe it relates to what Barnes is getting at in the book, maybe it is just a good song- I honestly do not know. The lines "Your baby's gone, and you're all alone and it looks like the end. And you're back out on the street. And you're tryin' to remember. How will you start it over? You don't know what became" and "So you live from day to day, and you dream about tomorrow, oh. And the hours go by like minutes and the shadows come to stay," just really remind me of The Sense of an Ending. As depressing as that song is, the truth behind the lyrics is overwhelming to the point where you realize that life passes you by pretty quickly and there is nothing you can do about it. And just like Barnes states over and over again in his book, sometimes (most of the time) you do not even remember it correctly. Your memory is altered over time which basically means that hooray, you will not have to remember all the sh**ty things you did when you were younger, but all the good and great things that happened? You won't be remembering those either. Well maybe you'll remember them, it just might be slightly more difficult than it once was. I like how this book was not a cliche. It did not go on about how the "meaning of life" is to go out there and live and do something great with your life. No. It basically said that the meaning of life is that there is no meaning of life. And in all honesty, I have never heard something that makes more sense than that in my entire life. But hey, I am pretty young after all. I still have a lot to learn.