I've come to believe over the last several years, the our individualism is largely an illusion. We're all in this together, and we really are one...or at least progressing to that state. As such, we are all at least connected. It's the spiritual version of six degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon.
In spite of the truth of connectedness being a tenet of major religions and empirically certain through science, given a sufficiently complete time history, we culturally seem to believe that there is something real and tangible between individuals that must be overcome through the complex social interactions we've developed over the years.
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| We Are All Stardust, and We Are All Connected - Severn River - Annapolis, MD |
I've been writing "letters to the universe" for the last couple of months, and I received a reply to one of these letters on the same day that I sent the sixty first letter off into the wild. Someone actually took the time to write back! I cannot tell you the joy that the strengthening of the connection between us has brought to me, and I'm grateful that the person took the time to read my initial "anonymous" letter and write back.
The true bond between us has strengthened a touch, and today, I wrote back because this bold individual expressed a hope that I would take the time and continue a conversation.
I don't know where all this is going, but I can tell you that I'm looking forward to the building adventure that seems to coalescing around me. We'll see what tomorrow brings, but if it brings anything at all, I'll be grateful for the experience.
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