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Our Love is Here to Stay

Posted by Carolyn on October 28, 2014 1 Comment

Our time in this universe is limited.  We are just a blink.  Humanity is just a blink.   When our civilization dies out, I imagine the Earth as a huge ball of love.  As if our lives have burned up, leaving a smoke of love.  After all this, our love is here to stay.

I know that when people die, it is their love that remains.  The happy memories and feeling of happiness and love are what’s left of my grandparents.  Bach left his sonatas, also full of love.  Artists leave their love on their canvases.  Parents leave their love in the children.  Anyone who has ever made anything is adding to that smoke of love.

Sure, there’s war and hatred, in the world and in our lives.  I get that.  But, does any of that last?  Does it have to?

Let’s just do the love.

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Humanity

Posted by Carolyn on August 1, 2014 Leave a Comment

These days I just want to hide my head in the sand and ignore all that is going on in the world.  My daily dose of NPR just makes me sad.  Even John Oliver’s ‘news’ show doesn’t seem very intriguing.  There is just so much war and destruction and disregard for human life.

Maybe it’s because I have kids now, but I can’t even think about all the children who are in harm’s way.  It’s easier to just ignore it.  I mean, what can I even do about it?  I can ‘like’ photos on Facebook, or listen to the news, but what good does that do, really?  I can write to my congressman, but what would I say?  “Make everyone stop killing everyone else!”  I’m not sure that would work.

We are so lucky to be on this earth.  There is no where (as far as I can fathom) else where life is so perfectly designed.  Once, I got to hear an astronaut talk to a bunch of middle schoolers.  One of them asked him, “Is there other life out there?”  The astronaut’s answer was very interesting.

He said, “When I think about all the things that had to happen perfectly – the Sun being the right temperature, size, distance from Earth, oxygen and water levels on Earth – I don’t think it’s possible that there is life on other planets.”

So, yes, we are lucky.  And what are we doing with that lucky existence that we have been given?  Where is the focus?

I am here to suggest that our focus be on the beauty all around us.  My favorite Anne Frank quote has always been, “Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”  Yes, people are still good at heart, but that is only possible because of the beauty.  If we stop seeing the beauty, what good is anything else?

Last night, we had a most beautiful sunset.  I was struck – as I saw neighbors come out of their houses to watch the changing colors – by just how odd this is.  The sun sets everyday.  Every day for our entire lives.  Yet, we are still amazed by this.  We can still be surprised and inspired by something that happens like clockwork.

And that is beautiful.  And it gives me faith.

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