Death, life, thoughts, and a quote, not necessarily in that order

Expounding on thoughts from a recent post.

There's a lot going on in the world. There always has been, even though it seems sometimes that our moment on this plane of existence is more tumultuous than any other; and maybe it is to us personally. There is a universal certainty, though, that we cushion in beliefs of religion or stoic acceptance of inevitability, or we avoid thinking about alltogether for whatever our fears or reasons. I do not care for dwelling on the fact that one day I will cease to be in this state as I am now; that daily entropy takes it's toll and eventually there will be no fuel left for my spark. However, thoughts creep in around the edges, let in ever more quickly with each aching muscle or popping joint or grey hair, if one is still rooted to hold any color. But I steadfastly try and remember that this dawning of thoughts and emotions each day is a meal comprised of the tastiest decadent treats imaginable, and to savor every bit before the plate has been depleted. You could certainly counter that your plate is filled with ill palatable substances or that you have no plate at all, or that someone has tainted what was originally set before you. I can not deny that it is different for every one of us. I can only choose for myself how to move forward, because move forward we all inexorably will. Part of my journey is to reconcile a journey, to be called such, inevitably has an end. Words such as those below by Mr. Dawkins, that sparked this essay, give me solace. For any who find interest in the flickering light from my path, I offer it up for your consumption also. Peace and love, friends.

"We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Arabia. Certainly those unborn ghosts include greater poets than Keats, scientists greater than Newton. We know this because the set of possible people allowed by our DNA so massively exceeds the set of actual people. In the teeth of these stupefying odds it is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here. We privileged few, who won the lottery of birth against all odds, how dare we whine at our inevitable return to that prior state from which the vast majority have never stirred?"

Quote by Richard Dawkins from Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder.
Death, life, thoughts, and a quote, not necessarily in that order.

Expounding on thoughts from a recent post.

There’s a lot going on in the world. There always has been, even though it seems sometimes that our moment on this plane of existence is more tumultuous than any other; and maybe it is to us personally. There is a universal certainty, though, that we cushion in beliefs of religion or stoic acceptance of inevitability, or we avoid

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