Uncertainty

There is one certainty in life which is that virtually nothing is certain. In late 2004 my place of work closed down and in early 2006 the same thing happened. Thankfully I worked for the NHS so on both occasions had a sideways move. In recent years I have heard about a couple of people I know suddenly dying and have known other instances of people suddenly disappearing. There have been other concerns such as Bird flu and Swine Flu and I have heard conflicting reports about the current credit crunch and about the likelihood possible immanent environmental catastrophy. There is, however, one absolute certainty which is physical death. The poet Philip Larkin rightly observed in one of his last pieces: 'most things might never happen, this one will.....'

The question remains 'What lies beyond?'