The whole show

I am a whole creature and so are you whether you believe it or not.

I know some people like to believe that what you see is what you get, but there are lots of things you don't see you still get!  Air, germs, thoughts, oops . . . I see my thoughts.

Of course I feel air too and get sick when germs find me so maybe that makes them easier to believe in, but what about feelings?

Maybe feelings are just thoughts gone wild?  Things I imagine, or make up because it is cool to be so dramatic, so in touch with the world?

Feelings are as real as the hand on my arm, or the beating of my heart.  They pack a punch that can put me down with a stomach ache.  They are strong enough to carry me through unimaginable ordeals. 

In fact, feelings may be what is left over from when my species were still living in caves, what kept us alive before telephones and early warning systems.

They are certainly something that links me to others in ways I never dreamed of.  I am a whole creature attached to the whole!