Monday, June 29, 2009

From Death springs Life

Today is another difficult day. Today was better than most days. We played with the kids from the neighborhood in the street. Wiffle ball. Who says plastic can't be good for you?

Gobi and I went kayaking yesterday. I needed it. I needed her. Being in nature makes me realize that no matter how much depression hurts, life keeps going. We saw a tree on the river shore that had been completely uprooted and had fallen over. The tree was broken, dry, barren. Dead. And from that dead tree, new plant life was growing.

I heard on NPR a quote from a Danish geologist. To paraphrase:

The shift in plate tectonics caused the massive tsunami in Thailand and neighboring countries reeking havoc on life there. It killed thousands of people. Everyone thinks this is a tragedy, and it is. But we also forget that shifts in plate tectonics create life as well. Where do you think the land that we live on came from?

This reminds me of something Kurt Vonnegut once wrote about time. We seem to forget that in the grand scheme of time, don't even equate as a drop in the bucket. We're more like a drop in the ocean. I should remember that this too shall pass. It always does. It always will.

In other news, I have forgotten to work on my list of books to read. I plan on starting that tomorrow. I need to give myself something to accomplish. Books are easy.

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