Colleen had made a comment on one of my posts about how "the Native American only concerned themselves with the medicine wheel of about an 8 mile radius of where they lived." And that the global world we live in is hard to grasp. The Internet certainly exposes us to much more than we can possibly take in fully. That got me thinking...sort of stream of consciously.This morning Tabor heard the cry of the loon.
Today somewhere a woman kisses her lover for the first time as a married woman.
Today somewhere a man sees a hawk dive high in the clear blue sky.
Today somewhere a farmer plants a papaya tree.
Today somewhere a baby cries for the first time.
Today somewhere a woman visits her sister in the hospital.
Today somewhere a boy learns a new language.
Today somewhere an 82-year-old gets a high school diploma.
Today somewhere a man breaks a world record.
Today somewhere a policewoman earns a medal.
Today somewhere a young man hits a land mine.
Today somewhere an uncle hits a child.
Today somewhere a woman looks through the ashes of her house for her wedding ring.
Today somewhere a young man loses his job.
Today somewhere a young woman tries on a new suit for her first job interview.
Today somewhere an old man finally retires.
Today somewhere a naked woman begs for rice.
Today somewhere a country leader lies to his people.
Today somewhere a child is molested.
Today somewhere a father is deported.
Today somewhere a daughter disappears.
Today somewhere a doctor saves a life.
Today somewhere a nurse makes a patient smile.
Today somewhere a teacher reaches a student and changes his life.
Today somewhere the sun rises with new possibilities to change the world.
And today, someone in a far off land scribbles down beautiful thoughts...
ReplyDeleteand in an instant, they travel far and wide, and pull at the heartstrings of total strangers...
Welcome to the New world. A world without boundaries!!!
I like what Vishwa said! and I like your list, especially the last one. We must never lose hope!
ReplyDeletedifferent people, different moments, different lives...
ReplyDeleteIt's a very valid point, this swamping of the senses and the intellect with more than can be assimilated or processed. We have to select such a tiny fraction from the whole of which is actually of vital concern.
ReplyDeleteI'll never get over the feeling of trying to grok how many of us there are and how each is unique, has family and feelings and ups and downs. I get the same feeling when I think about death, trying to penetrate the mystery of it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a whole ball of wax we are! It all exists at once.
it is exciting to make my way, usually daily, through the blogs of those who are friends i have met through words instead of faces.
ReplyDeletetechnology provides such amazing possibilities. there is a surgical procedure called Davinci Robotics that allows a surgeon to operate on a patient while sitting in front of a computer screen with 3 D images of the patient. the patient lies on an OR table across the room, assisted by a surgery team who insert small metal "arms" or wands, serving as tools and camera, into the body via small laparoscopic incisions. A camera brings the image to the screen, and the surgeon controls the tools and completes the laparoscopic surgery.
One day a surgeon will do this very thing - will operate on a patient using this procedure, but the surgeon will be in one city and the patient will be across the country or in another part of the world! That is amazing technology! Sometimes I wonder what the next 50 years will bring and wish I would be around to see!
Tabor meaningful is your list and made me contemplate on each one.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully compiled.
ReplyDeleteVishwa - I am with you.
ReplyDeleteAnd I am with you all.
Inter-being.