I think I have figured out something about King. It will be interesting to see if our son agrees. As I read the last page of the book, I thought, "That's it? That's the end?" But, rather than true disappointment, I smiled at how much I enjoyed the story. That's when it hit me. Most of King's books seems to be like this; kind of anti climatic endings. I then realized (hopefully, accurately) that for King it is about the story, not the ending.
My mind then made this eye-opening leap. Perhaps this is what life should be. We put so much effort on the end: graduating from high school, getting a degree, getting another degree, getting the right job, marrying the right person. And, in evangelical theology, ending up in the right place.
What if the joy, the purpose of life is to enjoy the story? Rather than making all decisions to insure we get to the right place; what if we make each daily decision based on how it effects our story and the story of those we come in contact with?
One of the outcomes of discovering King's method is that the next one of his books I read I will read with sheer enjoyment of each page instead of hurrying to see how it ends. I want to live my life like that; to learn to enjoy each moment. If I live like this, investing in the world moment by moment I won't have to worry about the end.
