A lyric from a 311 song*...How strange we should be here at all! INDEED!

Isn't it incredible that we REALIZE that we exist…let alone the sheer fact that WE ARE here at all!!!

Think of all that had to occur for you to be here— the least of which is that the elements that make up the atoms of you had to align to become you. The same atoms that were once stardust and had other existences previously…part of you was possibly a smidgen of a dinosaur or a wisp of Julius Caesar’s breath.

Oh holy crap…here he goes on some Douglas Adams-esque story about some "grand revelation" he has had. 

 Oh, GOOD! You are familiar with me and are here voluntarily, no coercion involved (that you know of- Muh-wah-ha-ha!) and that you are under no obligation, right?  O yes   O no*

(Counsel insisted that I clearly state as such from the start to avoid any eventual class-action suit that I've screwed with your brain.)

Now where was I...

I recall clearly many many years ago looking into the mirror and staring into my own eyes and saying to myself -- even possibly out loud to myself-- “Oh man, this is YOU...YOU, right now. You looking at you in the mirror realizing that this moment is occurring and it is REALLY HAPPENING! Oh my God....far out...." 

I have to concede that that visual recollection is a bit blurry in my mind’s eye so I’m guessing I was altered in some way. Who knows where my mental adventure went from there-- apparently I lived through it...for, here I am now.

I too recall looking over at Leslie sleeping beside me and thinking “How incredible that this woman, this creation, chooses to love me." Me! with all my idiosyncrasies and weirdness

I am recounting random thoughts for the purpose of making an observation and prayerfully a real point-- yes yes yes, NOT a "given" when you are dealing with MY MIND in particular. 

Hey, I am grateful to have the wherewithall to be able to recall these moments...that I did not totally screw up my brain in my youth no matter how hard I tried. Yeah I know that's a matter of personal perception.

MY POINT IS THAT…

 "A mind, stretched by a new idea never goes back to its original dimension." paraphrasing Oliver Wendall Holmes. That statement is pure genius in my opinion and so very very true. 

Think of all the minutia of things that had to occur for you to come into existence, for instance it took a star dying to explode and scatter the elements and atoms of its previousness for those to coalesce to form the matter that is you — what are the chances or the odds of those subtle happenings well, happening. Correct me if I’m wrong but I think the odds are 100%. You are here now reading this so….CONGRATULATIONS! You made it! Happy happy! Joy joy!

Happiness isn't a destination you know, it's a realization that things couldn't possibly get any better than having the freedom to perceive as you please and to think as you choose, in a magical, adoring Universe.

So strange to me to look out at space and recognize that we are viewing the past– a huge compendium of history— even the light of the sun shining upon us is 8 minutes old, remember. Then to take into account, according to current scientific theory, that all we DON'T see is actually 93% of what really “is.” According to them all we can see is only 6+ percent of matter...there's dark energy and dark matter, yada yada yada. So so very much we don’t know…so much.

I really find it astounding and quite fascinating to recognize “being.” Likewise to acknowledge that the universe was not compelled to create you, you don’t “deserve” it…it is simply a cosmic heavenly gift. 

My grandfather used to tell me “Marion, the past is PAST, you cannot change it no matter what you do. Tomorrow is the future and NOT promised in any way to any of us. 

TODAY is THE PRESENT…A GIFT. Embrace it fully and enjoy each and every moment of this grand, unique celebration.”

Accept and try to appreciate the nuances of the moment– particularly the things that make no sense to our brains. We only know 6-7% of what is “real. And, sigh....all the cosmic “laws” or givens, OMG. “Breathe in, breathe out, move on” as Jimmy Buffett says. You didn't have to learn how to make gravity work, did you? You just had to learn to deal with it.

Same for "thoughts becoming things." Dream great things– heck, dream small things….just dream! Radiate the fascination of the now and the just now coming into play. We really have no choice. Might as well be a glimmer of positive (happy, loving) energy since we HAVE that choice in the now.

I hope you are having a “good day.” I pray for you all the wonder, awe and discovery this day will bring.

*BTW the chorus from that 311 song is "If you don't have someone to do it with it's not worth doing." Profound me thinks :-)