New Years Reflections

I guess in the scheme of things our little planet seems very small, just a mote in God's eye, when you compare the scope of the whole universe to our little corner of the sky.

Looking back over this past year, my heart is saddened by the calamities that have befallen so many people. I know that someone wrote a book "Why bad things happen to good people"...but sometimes I just wonder if there is a ryhme or reason to any of it.

Each life is precious, at least to the owner or loved one of that life.  I thought my heart was wrenched out from the Tsunami, thought I could cry no more...until Katrina.  There are events in one's life that are so moving, so catastrophic, so life changing that they are never forgotten.

Of course I remember the usual, marriages, births, deaths.  However, forty some odd years later, I can tell you where I was standing, what I was doing, who I was with, what I was saying and feeling when Kennedy was associated.  The same goes for the walk on the moon, hiding under my desk for air raid drills in public school, watching Marilyn Monroe sing "Happy Birthday Mr. President", the Beatles first American appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show...oh, it goes on and on...memories to hold forever.

I've been trying to find some good memories from this past year...and it's been a hard push to do so.

The only major one I've come up with is that the human spirit seems to be indomitable, refuses to lie down and cry uncle!  It screams at the perverse universe...Gonna pick myself up, dust myself off and start all over again.

Maybe we humans do have a chance.

 

Happy New Year to all my friends out there in J-Land,

may this coming year be good to you & yours.....

                         Toodles,

                          Sandi