Stopping & Thinking

Stop! Stop! Think for a moment.

Light that left a distant star before your ancestors had language, only now is arriving before your eyes.
The planet hurtles around our star at 67,000 miles per hour while I sit here drinking my hot beverage.
You and I are living at a time when so many things are changing, empires wobble, old certainties dissolve, new visions are being born in many imaginations. You and I are witnesses. If you want, you can participate.
Your body breathes 25,000 times a day. The body converts bread and apples into thoughts and laughter. You are a collaboration of sun and earth and fresh water.
Questions haunt and fascinate us. How did I get here? Is there a “why” I am here? Is there a point? If not, is the point up to me? You and I live inside the Great Glorious Mystery. Is the GGM what we’ve always meant by g-o-d?
Here’s the bonus. You and I are not alone. Others decided to walk beside you. You are NOT in this alone. You are one of the heroes of an epic story. No matter that you do not have the script. No one does.
Comfort is not promised, but you are promised meaning, a more precious gift.
So lead on my friend!
The shadows in the story make the light beautiful.