This evening we watched a NATURE special about the Harpy Eagle, the largest and most magnificent of the Raptors. This is the kind of programing which will disappear from the airwaves if the Republicans have their way; already our local PBS stations have lost ALL their state funding, depending more than ever on contributions from their viewers. Truth and learning should be above politics, but unfortunately, some people are threatened by it. So, please, support your local Public Broadcasting and let your representatives know how important it is that we NOT cut all funding, or the Earth is going to flatten back out and he universe will revolve around US, because the bible will once again become the basis for our science curriculum.
Of late I have been contemplating the fears one embraces when they are in the grips of "intelligent examination" of the world in which they live. Yes, because I DO think for myself, and not just live day to day with spoon-fed dogma, I AM afraid; I am afraid of being caught in the crossfire of someone's religious beliefs, of not so much discovering the meaning of life, but not ever coming to a satisfying definition of "meaning", of never being content with what I know of love, and of coming to think of pain as a necessary by-product of living longer than I am now. I am afraid of losing my job, then my home, then any remaining semblance of sanity. I am afraid of being completely forgotten within a year of my death. I am no longer afraid of some vengeful God out to make me suffer for who I am, but I am still afraid of there never having been a purpose for anything at all.
But I will never be afraid to let my friends, those who KNOW they are my friends, that as best I am allowed, I love them.
5 comments:
Very beautiful.
And remember that your actions have a ripple effect through eternity. Everyone who has known you, responds to the world differently because they do, and then everyone who knows them, and them, and so on ...
Newton's third law of motion:
"To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction."
This has also been written as:
"The mutual forces of action and reaction between two bodies are equal, opposite and collinear."
My point is, simply, that your positive actions, sentiments and bearing as a unique, sentient being, will be amplified, not negated, until time is no more.
That will be at least a googol of years, if not a googol of millennia from now (past the Dark Era).
Until then, who's to say whether love (or any other life-affirming emotion) has or not, enhanced the universe itself.
I, for one, say yes and thank you.
We watched that Nature program as well. Wonderful!
Until I know better my 'purpose in life', I continue to just be the best wife and friend I can.
Growing a garden over here. How about by you?
and I do love you and The Wife. Blessings of good health to you both.
loves ya~
I never ask the questions "is there a purpose" and, if so, "what is the purpose". I'm just content to be.
I hope you find answers and never lose your job or home. I'm confident you won't be forgotten.
I'm always surprised that the Koch Foundation supports PBS? I live and breath PBS programming and I am also very nervous about losing reality based shows...imagine how the Creationistas would change Walking With Dinosaurs? Literally!
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