Heroes Not Zombies

You could say that every one of us is so small in this vast universe that our lives are just drops in the ocean. I’ve felt that from time to time. Tiny, insignificant and powerless. In fact in the face of climate change, pandemics, political actions by those in power, it’s hard to feel otherwise.

But then I look at an image like this again and I feel different. I see beauty, uniqueness and the undeniable reality that vast landscapes, shorelines and mountain ranges are shaped by just this – one event at a time, one interaction at a time, one unique moment at a time.

Sometimes our actions bring about obvious and large changes, but mostly they are more subtle, stretching out their fingers of significance over vast timescales, cascading and rippling through the infinite web of connections we call this universe.

Every one of us is as unique as that sunlit glowing radiant splash of water jumping high into the sky, soaking and shaping the rocks and the shorelines where we meet the Other.

Every one of us speaks, acts, and creates; our every breath, every choice, every lived moment contributing to the changes which create this amazing world we live in.

We are beautiful, you and I. We are powerful. We are unique.

We are all a wonderful splash in the ocean. Here and now. In this instant, in this place, in this one precious life we are living.