It has been a while since my last thot and it isn't because I haven't had thoughts. It is simply because I have had such a profusion of thoughts that I couldn't seem to formulate them into any one coherent Thot.
Heading into my next birthday I am a little bit surprised at how quickly my life has moved along. There are times that seemed, or seem interminable, but in general it has flown by faster than the recap that precedes Netflix series.
I have memories prior to age three that are as clear and vivid as ever. I can honestly say I remember fifty years ago as if it were yesterday. Even sixty years and maybe seventy!
It saddens me when I see someone treated as less than coherent and intelligent just because their skin is old and withered. It infuriates me when people are judged on their physical beauty. As a species many of us are still very very primitive. I sometimes wonder how many eons it will take for us to be truly civilized.
Running fast to kill dinner might have been important to a caveman, but driving fast has nothing to do with saving ourselves as a species. Unless we figure in those throwbacks who still murder, rape, pillage and destroy.
Many of us haven't figured out that we are one with this planet and when she goes, we go. In fact, we will most likely go way before her, because we are not as resilient as she is. Thinking we have enough money to fling ourselves into outer space where we will survive on another planet is the height of hubris. Chances are if there is life out there and they know about us, they will not encourage our visiting. It would be like inviting un-housebroken wild things to live among them.
Still, on the whole, I am enjoying my life. I am proud of my children who seem to have their feet on the ground and their hearts in the right places. My family and family of the heart truly bring me sunshine on cloudy days. I love Iphones and computers.
And who could ask for much more than that?
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