Connection

[Gabes-Apg]

490,000 babies will be born today. Each of them unique. And each one of them a link in the greater human chain.
And the moment their umbilical cord is severed... they will become an individual with their own hopes, dreams and desires.
But, in fact, each one of us is actually made up of a dozen systems... which, in turn, comprise 60 trillion cells, and those cells house countless proteins, DNA, organelles.
What appears to be an individual is actually a network.
Each one of us is, in fact, a living, breathing community, but it doesn't stop there. Why would it?
Every individual hope you harbor, every dream you retain, every desire you fulfill has an impact far greater than you can imagine.
At least that's how it looks from where I'm sitting.

The threads that connect us are not bound by space and time.
What seems to the individual like a twist of fate, from another perspective, is simply one of those threads pulled tight.
How things should have been all along.
And even when those threads seem irreparably frayed... they never break. Not completely.
But sometimes the most important connection is here and now.

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There are 31,530,000 seconds in a year. A thousand milliseconds in a second. A million microseconds. A billion nanoseconds. And the one constant, connecting nanoseconds to years, is change.
The universe. From atom to galaxy, is in a perpetual state of flux. But we humans don't like change. We fight it. It scares us. So we create the illusion of stasis. We want to believe in a world at rest, the world of right now.
Yet our great paradox remains the same. The moment we grasp the "now", that "now" is gone. We cling to snapshots. But life is moving pictures.
Each nanosecond different from the last. Time forces us to grow. To adapt.
Because every time we blink our eyes... the world shifts beneath our feet.

Every day, every moment, every nanosecond, the world changes. Electrons bump into each other and react. People collide and alter each other's paths.
Change isn't easy. More often, it's wrenching and difficult.
But maybe that's a good thing. Because it's change that makes us strong. Keeps us resilient.
It teaches us to evolve.


(from the TV Show Touch)

[Vanessa]

I love Gabes' ponderings!

Pain is something we try to avoid at all costs. But in fact, is very necessary and very beautiful. It forces us to evolve and make changes. And in the MC world, just look at all we've gained from this.....really. Sometimes I can't believe how incredibly lucky I am. Not only for you folks, but for all of the knowledge I was "forced" to learn. I would rather be a powerful human creator on my own terms, but sometimes it happens by default.

I had a dream last night that a group of us went to see Tex in Texas. Of all things we went bowling. It was great fun.

[hollyweb]

Gabes' ponderings are always awesome to ponder, indeed! I love your ponderings too, Vanessa, and what a wonderful dream you had.

~ Holly

[Janie]

I always look forward to see ponderings by Gabes! And now some by Vanessa! I will be the score keeper at the bowling games.

[Lilja]

I love Gabes' ponderings!

Pain is something we try to avoid at all costs. But in fact, is very necessary and very beautiful. It forces us to evolve and make changes. And in the MC world, just look at all we've gained from this.....really. Sometimes I can't believe how incredibly lucky I am. Not only for you folks, but for all of the knowledge I was "forced" to learn. I would rather be a powerful human creator on my own terms, but sometimes it happens by default.

I had a dream last night that a group of us went to see Tex in Texas. Of all things we went bowling. It was great fun.

I love your dream, Vanessa! And I would love to meet you all, especially Tex...
Bowling? That is so funny!

Lilja

[twirlitgirl]

points to ponder indeed , love it. meeting all of you in person would be so much fun, can you imagine the stories and the laughter.. Wow!!!! have a great weekend everyone.

[Gabes-Apg]

Awesome Dream Vanessa!

[Marcia K]

I love this group!