What’s the Essence of being First and Last?

  So often said is a man’s quest for his ideal woman who would see him as her first love. On the contrary, there’s that ever existing fantasy for every woman to be her ideal man’s last romance. Whoever thought about that idea may have been another illusionist falling out of choice to find solace in the comforts of words. For true as it may seem, every day of his life, a sailor finds a new port of destination to lower his anchor and in the same way, every pilot finds a new clearing from flying over the cloudy skies to lower his plane’s gears for a landing.

I haven’t been much of a pilot to have logged a thousand hours in flying on a dozen of aircraft types  with  the  necessary  rating  but  the  last  thing  I  could  thank  heavens  is  I  have one safe landing  to  get  back  on  ground  (same  way  as  a  sailor  may  have  found  his  way  back  to  dry  land). 

  A soldier may have been struck by his last bullet which unfortunately became his last, which brings to mind my supposed first bullet which missed me inches on my forehead when my colleague had a dry run with an aircraft assault kicking the door of the quarters while I was reading a pocketbook seated inside the barracks. Maybe it was the last pocketbook I’ve read after that and I ultimately served my last day on the job with that low paying, risky job. Tell me somebody who have met their last and kept writing their firsts after that. Well, I wasn’t the lucky guy to live up to a woman’s last and a man’s first but I am fortunate to come up with my first blog each day no matter it ends up last on my publisher’s lists of firsts.

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  • Goodselfme on Oct 29, 2009

    I fully enjoyed this post from you.TX

  • ken bultman on Oct 29, 2009

    Good one with a funny ending. Keep blogging.

  • lillyrose on Oct 29, 2009

    You totally confused me with that one and I haven’t even open the wine! I, you, are, first last… I got the ever existing fantasy for every woman is to be her ideal man’s last romance, that was quite romantic!

  • jessicuslevi on Oct 29, 2009

    Very good article. I love reading this kind of stuff. Keep up the good work. :D .

  • diamondpoet on Oct 29, 2009

    Ideal examples of first and last, I totally get it.

  • Christine Ramsay on Oct 29, 2009

    A very good post and one that has got me thinking.

    Christine

  • Christine Ramsay on Oct 29, 2009

    A very good post and one that has got me thinking. Well done.

    Christine

  • Lostash on Oct 29, 2009

    This is not my first comment today, but it won’t be my last either.

  • lillyrose on Oct 29, 2009

    hahahahah Losty was being funny!

  • Tanya Wallace on Oct 29, 2009

    Always an enjoyable read coming from you Will! It is a good thing you quit, that bullet must have scared the hell out of you.You ended up with your first love afterall.This is truly a deep but inspiring piece!I love writing too and will always have my first love and beyond all others will be my last!

  • chitragopi on Oct 29, 2009

    Good read. Enjoyed it.

  • Pinaki Ghosh on Oct 29, 2009

    Great write & thought.

  • monica55 on Oct 30, 2009

    Great post, I enjoyed it thoroughly. Well done.
    Monica.

  • papaleng on Oct 30, 2009

    Excellent post, I enjoy reading it!

  • Snooky on Oct 30, 2009

    I was the last love of both my husbands before they left this world. No desire to be another first.
    Good article

  • CHAN LEE PENG on Oct 30, 2009

    First and last don\’t represent anything. It\’s all your feeling of attachment that works best.

  • CA Johnson on Oct 30, 2009

    I really enjoyed your article. I am so glad that you are okay after what happened to you.

  • RS Wing on Oct 30, 2009

    LOL, I really enjoy your sense of humor. Not funny regarding the gunfire, but I get your notion. Your a funny man!

  • Mr Ghaz on Oct 31, 2009

    a wonderful and great thought..really enjoyed it! cheers :)

  • Melody SJAL on Oct 31, 2009

    A very enjoyable read, kabayan. Keep it up.

  • giftarist on Nov 1, 2009

    Great thought..and great piece!

  • Francois Hagnere on Nov 1, 2009

    The first ones will be the last ones and…. All this you know.
    Great post as usual, Will.

  • Leonardo da Vinci E. on Nov 4, 2009

    Authentic with a gritty realism.

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