Two Threads In My Mind

The title for this Blog, I have chosen, is, "Two Threads in my mind."  Last night, in the middle of the night, I started thinking about needing to make another entry in this Blog of mine, among other things.  As I lay awake thinking about so many threads, I realized I had a clarity of mind, rarely experienced, that was wonderful!  I finally got up to write some of the threads down; in this blog, I want to follow two of them. 

The first is gratefulness, except on Thanksgiving, (maybe), how many of us give a thought to being grateful for our everyday lives?  The second is, What has happened to curiosity in this country, is anybody--any average person, anyway--curious about anything, anymore, even given good reason?
 
GRATEFULNESS.  Being grateful that we are who we are, and living the life we are living, rather than as someone else, (this may be the other side of walking in someone else's footsteps).  (Granting that, sadly, for many, another life, any life, may seem to be better than the one currently being lived.)  In this time, I am grateful that my life, this life, has not included being buried alive for five days and nights, as it has for two young people, a boy and a young woman, two people in the destroyed country of Nepal, who were literally, "unearthed" alive five days after the devastation.

Being grateful that, at least for the time being, our world that we and those we know, has not been destroyed forever, with nothing left, but dirt and rubble!  It is a rare person who stops in the course of living their lives to think, "There, but for the grace of God, go I!", except for, perhaps, a handful watching the news about the latest tornado, or earthquake victims.  Those disasters we have experienced in our country, in the last Century, have been minor to what is possible

How many people, I wonder, have paused to reflect upon the terrible, terrible Nepal disaster; perhaps those who have had the opportunity to visit that fantastic country and learned of it's ancient history and culture?  It is truly sickening to absorb.  For me, it is similar for those who survived, as to having their world destroyed like those who survived Pompey's destruction--it is of that scale; nothing will bring it back again!

Those of the current Scientific Mind who believe in the idea that what has been, will continue to be, clinging to their current belief in "gradual evolutionary processes, taking place over eons of time."   (The actual idea of uniformitarianism is that "thesis that processes that operated in the remote geological past are not different from those observed now.") (Dictionary.com)  Personally, I wonder if, secretly, in their own minds, those who refuse to believe in catastrophism, haven't found reason to re-evaluate their debunking of Velokovsky in the light of the recent discovery of ancient buildings at the bottom of the oceans and, recent scientific discoveries of supper-volcanoes and Earth events which can cause oceans to move in catastrophic Tsunamis. 

CURIOSITY  It used to be, "in the olden days," that, when a person expressed curiosity about something, there was always a Killjoy around to say, "Curiosity killed the Cat"; the rejoinder, however, was, "Ahhh, but satisfaction brought it back!"

What has brought to mind our sad state regarding ordinary everyday curiosity, has been a recent news article about a young man, caught up for some reason by someone, or more than one someone, of "authority" who had taken him into one of their "buildings," and locked him in a room, and, apparently, left the building, area, state, country..., with, or without, letting anyone know about him.

In the following five days others, of like occupation, heard the sounds/noises made by this young man in an effort to draw attention to his situation, however, those self-same others, reassured themselves that those involved must be aware of the situation(!) and put the noises out of their minds.  Finally, "someone," perhaps a cleaning person, opened the door to find him.

In the meantime, the imprisoned individual in question had called upon his, "human will/drive to survive," and did what it took to do so in that situation, (which you would rather not have to hear about, I am sure.)  Upon reading such a story, how many people have enough, "humanity" left to be appalled by this story?  "In the old days," people would ask, "what is this world coming to, for such a thing to happen?!?" 

For these three individuals, their lives have been changed, irrevocably, forever.  They cannot have failed to be changed by them, as so many others have been changed by major events in their lives.  For the two in Nepal, their lives, as a result, may take major positive turns; for the young man locked in a room and left alone for five days in this Country, he will be an exceptional personality, indeed, if he manages a positive outcome from his ordeal.

I end this blog, hopping it brings about some fresh thoughts of one's own.

Shirley Gallup