The things around us are not what they appear to be. Whether carpet or furniture, socks or fingernails, the items we touch and feel and use every daily are, at root, merely stardust. Things such as skin and bones are useful to us – without them, we would get sick easily and die quickly; things such as shoes and coats are also useful – they allow us to inhabit regions and climates we otherwise couldn't; at root, however, everything in existence today, on this Earth, is made up of solar energy and solar material trapped and stored by plants, animals, and our little world's gravity well.
It is boring to think about this type of thing, about how blood and hair, brains and tendons, are all made up of ashes and dust. Sometimes, however, when I feel the pull of pride, I remind myself of this body's simple, basic components. This helps me to stay humble. In the end, everything reverts to its natural state. In the end, the worthwhile efforts are those that result in love. Change is good – it keeps things from running afoul of time's indifference. Change points of view with me, then; let us seek wavelengths of thought different from those to which we have become accustomed, and free ourselves from the needs and wants we think necessary. Mahalo.
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