Why am I here

God is truly the most creative power in existence.  Who would ever have thought there could be so many possible combinations?  Out of this big building box of atoms came rocks, water, trees -- me!

Designed not merely to be seen, or exist, but to function and evolve, I am the most miraculous engineering feat I could never have imagined. All my parts move.

Not only do they move they work in unison.  I become aware of other atoms by sight, smell, hearing, touch and perhaps the most unfathomable -- intellect.

I am designed with built in protective mechanisms too.  I feel fear, joy, curiosity, pain.

Fear keeps me away from things I know will hurt me, or things I don't understand.  That can be a two edged sword because sometimes it is necessary to get closer to things in order to understand them.

Joy is probably the most powerful teacher.  She leads me into places with god-like potential.

Curiosity helps me continue to grow and evolve, bringing me so much new information it is almost impossible to imagine the capacity that exists inside of me.

Pain is the ultimate warning system.

As a group we have gone through lots of learning curves, but I think the most dangerous one is the feeling that pain is good.  Pain is here to warn me so I can find a way to circumvent whatever is causing it.  I am more complicated than steel that has been annealed.  It is possible to make me stronger with methods that are less destructive. 

I am so beautifully designed, so magnificently engineered I can not believe I was put here to suffer.  I think I am here to try and become more like my creator, to grow and expand and flourish!