Morning Moment

It is not some cosmic joke by which humanity merely "happened". 

It is not some beautiful coincidence that the very stuff of stars (i.e. star dust) is the very stuff that makes up our kind.

In our desperation to ignore the very truth in front of our eyes we claim to know the very minutest of details of a "just because" moment.

Why do we so desperately try to organize reality into organic and inorganic?  Most of us do not even know why we use those words.  We get confused. Does organic mean life?  But no -- it just means a lot of carbon.   Yet a lot of Carbon tends to indicate what we call life - but is merely having life, enough to justify being ALIVE?

Reality is causal  and it is created - not inorganic and organic, but rather created and uncreated.   We need physical space and matter and energy to exist.  We need dust, metals, gasses, the Higs Boson, solar flares, stars, gravity, water, heat, etc to exist. 

We can not help but observe that which is created and that which is caused by created things -- we are incapable of observing the uncreated.  It simply does not "exist" and therefore the uncreated can not be touched, tested, timed, experienced - fathomed at all in our finite minds.

Shatter your mind and suppositions for a moment and think about what you do not know.   How easily can your mind deduce things that exist, that are created.   But can any of us comprehend one thing, any thing that is not created that does not exist?  Even a unicorn exists metaphysically.

Alas, but we can all comprehend one such essence - a concept, an existence that is not created yet exists all the same.  

All of humanity can comprehend God - an uncreated god none the less.  We know His existence, yet we can not prove it, touch it, test it, time it.   Why is it that all of us in our hearts can know God? 

The mere essence of knowing one thing that is not created but potentially (heck we know the truth) Creator - should drive us to our knees. 

Instead we, like two year olds filled with self centered delusions, carry on as if we are the center of reality, that we are uncreated but exist none the less - by happenstance.

So the cosmic joke is us, in thinking that we merely happened.   That the infinitely seeming perponderance of universal coincidences and concurrences neccessary for existence all occured without deliberate cause, without being deliberately created.

Hmph... and why do we celebrate Christmas again?

Where the Feeling Comes From

the heart. the brain? God?

Does it matter? We can feel. joy, love, pain, hunger, hope...

I want to sing from where the feeling comes from.

I spent the day enjoying so many things... morning at Starbucks... with my little girl, catching up with Jerry... then my wife and I strolled through a farmers market...then Sophia and I played in the park... cooked some tamarind chicken, then I caught up with Scott O. at another starbucks... then met the new babysitter, left for a gathering of church peeps... came home, snuggled in bed and watched some Netflix...It's midnight now.

My Jesus, this life is worth all the emotions, good and bad. I do want Heaven, but I am glad you gave me today.

literally Fun, literary

...hope you can keep your pace and peace, perpetual peace is a perfect place to ponder and pontificate, perhaps, proliferate some prose pertaining to pomegranets, purple pastures, and pink people...then, perchance, you may propegate a propensity for providing persistent peace to placate those persons who populate your life... the very principle of it would be your prime purpose.



Alliteration is the very best way to start your day (unless an iambic rhyme comes out to play)

*snort*

Jobs for snobs,
work for dorks,
herds of nerds.

My Unwritten Book -sigh..

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Somewhere along the way you will die.







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Every human on the planet has a different point of view on his or her own mortality. I believe in the commonly accepted Christian version of Heaven and Hell, and for my part would like to spend eternity hanging out with Jesus. My brother on the other hand believes that life just ends, game over. My father believes that he will be reincarnated into someone else – he'll get another chance on life, kinda like starting over in a video game.

What do you believe?

With certainty you will die a physical death someday. Very few know how, fewer know when, and no one can know what happens next. Even with my faith, I do not know. Faith by its very definition requires a belief in something for which you do not have any proof.

Yet you know you will die – physically at least. How do you cope with that? How long will you live? 100 more years? Maybe. 80 years? Still not certain. 50 years? You hope. 20? 10? 5? 1? How sure are you that you will be here even 1 more year from now?

Drunk drivers kill people. Planes explode. People choke on their food. Criminals mug and kill victims. Random mortar shells land on civilian homes. Hurricanes hit coastal Cajuns. Typhoons hit Sri Lankans. Earthquakes kill Chinese.

Events beyond our control, from the mundane to the spectacular occur all the time and they make predicting how long we will live very unpredictable. And the fact is most people don't know what they believe happens next. Because they do not know – they mostly ignore. And then they "act" like they are in control, or have a plan.

I love how in the Bible, Jame's (the brother of Jesus) says:

Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

When will you vanish?

Do you ignore the uncertainty of your life and then act like you are in control? By not comprehending the extreme blessing or sheer luck of having a tomorrow, the individual is not able to fully appreciate and enjoy the nuances and experiences of living. At least that is the point of this book. I hope to convince/shock/scare you into waking up to your own situation. And then I hope to encourage you to live your life in an extraordinary way.

It is my hope to help you cherish tomorrow and to gain insights on how to get more out of your life.

Awakening to a New American Dream

My parents believed in the American dream. I think it died with my generation (i'll be 36 in November). Apathy derived from an entitled, self absorbed, and opulent lifestyle robbed many of the desire and need to put forth real effort in order to achieve. Afterall not achieving wasn't too bad... rent was still paid, food was still eaten, and beer was still half off after 4.

Today, we dream of mediocrity. It was once unthinkable to have anyone but a general, a senator, or a brilliant academic individual as a President....now many are ok with a soccer mom or Steven Colbert.

bigotry has made a comeback in California no less....how did San Francisco forget to vote? Ironic.

Our society has become lazy and obese. We idolize Homer Simpson and can't recall anything about the Illiad...see what I mean?

As a society we screamed for clean air and clean water... none the less now we don't even care when a "heat advisory" or "ozone warning" is in effect. Question, do you drink from the tap or a bottle? Why? If you pay taxes...shouldn't your tap water be clean enough to drink and tasty enough to enjoy? 30 years ago you could drink from a hose and it was good.

The land is no less free today, nor less opportune. But you have not been taught or have forgotten how to harness it....ok ok yes with the passing of the Patriot Act we are less free...but other than that...what they took over the auto industry? Ok but other than that....wait..what about health care...we have to get it or what? Huh...ok we still have RELATIVE freedom.

The main point is that we have allowed our circumstance to happen...our parents share in the blame.

Are we going to provide our kids the same lack luster view of American ideals that we hold?

Many of you once pledged allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and the republic (not democracy) for which it stands. It is time to honor that pledge. A republic is built on the virtues held by the elected leadership. When the people elect politicians devoid of morals and civic duty, or worse abdicate by not voting...the people allow their society to decay.

In our time people believe they have "woken up" and that the American Dream has faded. They are still sleeping, lazy and fat.

You need to aspire in order to dream. You need to try in order to succeed.

In this country any citizen has the right to start his or her own business for FREE. As a proprietor you can sell a product or service....you just need to sell and need someone to buy.

And you don't even need to pay with money...Bartering is alive and well...

Spend less time in front of the tv, less time at bars, fast food dives. Spend more time getting serious about your life, dreams, and desires.

Get involved. Very few have a valid excuse to be unemployed. Seek me out...I will help you find occupation.

Moreover, dream again. Inspire your kids. Invest in the future. Hold your leadership Accountable. Get a passport and travel. Leave your state and travel. Then invest in your neighborhood.

Lose weight. Save resources and money. Take control of your life and help Transform the American Dream from an assumed failed promise into a vibrant AMERICAN OPPORTUNITY. Trust me. Effort pays off.