The Wandering Mind

By D. B. Clark

Here stands Johnathan Otis Jos Smithson,
Who joined the Water World with the Land World.
No, he didn’t join them,
He made them one.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Nov 22, 2020
• ISBN: 9781663213792

D. B. Clark

D B. Clark is a retired Clinical Psychologist and college professor who has publish textbooks, novels, and around 90 books of poetry. with 40 years of assisting clients become more effective in living. His attempt to manage his own health is documented in his book, Dr Clark's Health Maintenance Plan. Also, tread D.B.Clark's dally poems on [e-mail] where people from all over the would read and praise his poems.

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INTRODUCTION

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The protagonist in this novel, Johnathan Odis Smithson, is a ninetey-nine year old rertired plisopher was is awaiting the results of his request for euthanasia. He believes he has no reason to continue his unending pain, so death would be a profound relief.

He awakes to find that, altough he seems to be still living, his pain is gone, and moreover, instesd of pain, he feels pleasure.

Then Johnathan Odis Smithson, nickname Jos, experiences a renewed desire to live, for he is now discoving a new purpose in living, the resolution of the conflict between the Water People and the Land People.

This book is can be considered a sientific fantasy in which the author is asking the reader to accept that, if there are an infinite number of multi-universe, then there are perhaps an infinite number of multi-universes where Jos can find himself on a planet where he has all the talents he needs to accomplish his new ends.

So, readers, use your imaination and enjoy this fantasy.

THOUGHTS OCCURRING IN

A WANDERING MIND

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Who am I?

But why do I ask?

Was I someone before I was born?

And will I be someone after I die?

And whom should I ask?

Some moment of matter just passing by?

Or some Mighty Entity

That resides high up in the sky?

And once I have answered all of these questions,

How much better off will I be

Than if I had merely remained unknowing

In an indifferent reality?

I’m not sure that this novel will answer these questions,

But wander along with my wandering mind.

And perhaps, together, we will learn

Something of an even more marvelous kind

I’m not sure that this novel will answer these questions,

But wander along with my wandering mind

And perhaps, together, we will learn

Something of an even more marvelous kind

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I felt profound relief. I had been waiting, seemingly forever, for my doctors to honor my request of euthanasia. Yes, I understood it was against the law, and perhaps even against medical ethics, but for absolutely rational patients, such as myself, it was done.

And why was this rational person requesting euthanasia? Obviously because I was tired of the unending pain, but more importantly, I no longer had any reason to continue living. I had been a highly successful philosopher, with many honors. But, in my many books, I believed that I had said all I could say about the great philosophical questions. And I had lived a rewarding marriage life, and raised six children, but my wife had died before me, and I had also outlived my children. So, since as a philosopher, I believed I had said all I had to say, and as a