Olivia Kim posted today that the reason you have two hands is so that you can use your other hand to help someone else. That thought, among others, has been tumbling around in my head today. Somewhere today I read a bit about the fact that in reality, although we all try to be unique, WE ALL ARE. I mean at a basic level we all have a unique set of fingerprints, I mean really, it’s like we all have our own personal UPC symbols on us. Then I was thinking about the Watchmen comic book. There is a great line in there that we are all miracles. Which is true. If you just think about all of the dice that had to be rolled to end up with you. Not only did all of your parents, grandparents, great, great….etc. etc., all have to meet and copulate but if a slightly different sperm met that egg, you would not be really you. Of if they had sex the next morning instead of that night. Someone else would be here and it would not be you. The chances of the universe replicating the exact same chances that ended up making you…you, everyone you know, and everyone you don’t know are freaking miracles. Of course, that’s the problem with religion, it has us looking for miracles in all the wrong places. We are the miracles, we’re also made of stardust, but that’s a different essay. So back to Olivia Kim, so here you are a freaking miracle walking around. You could say God made you a freaking miracle, so WOW, given that and that you likely have two hands, instead of living through this pandemic binge-watching Tiger King, just think about what you could be doing with that other hand. The future starts right now, why not join me in making it a better one.
© words by Daniel DeMarle 5/20/2020
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