Thursday, June 15, 2023

One Off

Got to thinking today


(as a reformed adult, not


an unusual activity for me).


Comparing the universal


scope of things, the size


of Earth versus the sun,


the mass of one atom


pitted against Mt. Everest,


a sneeze buried in a


hurricane, the concept


of a god as relates to the


scope and might of the


cosmos, you know, side


by side relationships


which the human mind


conjures up occasionally


when allowed free-time


to wander aimlessly.



Ever consider


the trillions upon trillions


of stars out there in the


literal universal ether


not one of which has the


instinctive or intuitive


power of an ant.



Then place you and I into


the equation. We could


shoot a billion bullets or


atom bombs into the sun


and it would virtually


have no discernible effect.


And the plausibility is,


it could take one well


placed pin prick to do


us in.



The question then arises,


mind over matter or matter


over mind, an inquisition


we humans are faced with


every single day?



Is it a curse or a blessing


being you and I every single


days of our lives? In our


minds, believer in a higher


power or not, here we are


with that which neither star


nor atom, regardless of size


or scale possesses.



Ah, the human psyche and


ego, all those choices to be


made. Good or evil?


We are everything and yet


nothing all at once. A caution-


ary thought, my friend: Be


afraid, be very afraid, or


should you as one of a kind


in body and mind choose


otherwise.



                  -30-


Chris Hanch 6-15-2023 

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