The world is full of contradictions.
Obesity. Starvation.
Obscene wealth. Abject Poverty.
Wanton waste. Extreme deprivation.
Have you ever wondered?
Why so many people are sick?
What’s wrong with our food?
Why people can’t have babies anymore?
Why good people die of cancer?
Why we have the answers to these questions but nobody’s saying?
Why corporations profit while people continue to suffer… and die?
How injustice can prevail… and good people just say nothing?
The recent total solar eclipse showed me in such a beautiful way that the natural world is doing just fine.
In the natural world things happen exactly as they should.
The sun rises. The moon sets. The wind changes. The tide comes in.
The natural world has a natural rhythm that runs beautifully.
If we leave well enough alone.
Don’t interfere.
Make peace with the world and the other people in it.
Continue to ask the hard questions.
Reject the status quo.
And… don’t take [anything] for granted.
Here’s my version of the eclipse…
I loved every precious minute of it.
Solar Eclipse Cairns 2012 from Jean Burman on Vimeo.
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Maintain the flow, I say…be natural, be you
be good to yourself Jean
David
Hi, Jean! I haven’t been by for awhile–my loss! How have you been? I’m jealous that y’all got to see the eclipse. Well, no, I’m glad you did, just sorry I didn’t. That must have been something. I remember seeing a partial eclipse years ago and we had to look through a special apparatus to see it.
Anyway, I was thinking about you, and thought I would stop by and say hello. I hope you are doing well. I won’t let such a long time pass without stopping by again.
I know it’s a US holiday, but Happy Thanksgiving anyway!
Hi Galen
lovely to see you here! I know it sounds passé… but the total eclipse was quite an experience. Even people not given to raving about such things raved about it like the rest of us. Such was the feeling of awe. Especially during totality… when complete darkness fell in a matter of seconds… the birds went quiet and the temperature dropped. Funny how the crowd hushed with it… and all you could hear were the sighs and ahhhs of people marvelling at the moment. Sounds dramatic I know. But it was LOL
So glad you’re here. Thanks for that. Loving your blog at the moment… and so happy about your new book.
Happy Thanksgiving my friend from afar… and every good wish from here