a gift for you

and you know who you are :)

inspired by comment recently left here in this very blog, like gift left on my blogstep, i give you, for tonight's entry, the results of your inspirations combined with seasonal ponderings, sincere and reverent, sprinkled with a touch of my own whatever, from wherever it may come...

thank you, bless you, yay for us :)

and i feel blessed that you visit me here and leave your thoughts for these feel like pieces of you, real pieces of your mind...

did you ever notice how close a shiver is to a giggle?... I mean, think about it next time you to either... not just the feeling, but the actual physical experience and movements, mostly involuntary, of your body...

i am amused by such simple things...

and very thankful for the insights you bring and ideas you inspire...

and i agree with the assessment of ridiculousness of such believers who see only what is good for them, as if they are the center of the universe, much like a very young child... if there is some wise being who made all this, disappointment and amusement and disgust and exasperation would be the experience i'd imagine in his or her position... but also, an amazing capacity for hope, for if such a being is all-powerful and can snuff out this mixed up species of beings as easily as they were created, the very act of letting us be is the most amazing example of hope and optimism i can imagine...

either that, or he or she is senile and completely forgot about us...

but you know something, i imagine i'd be quite inspired by a being actualizing that much hope... yes, quite inspired...

beyond my comprehension, no doubt, but i firmly enjoy believing that if such a being exists and is truly conscious, aware, and enlightened beyond human comprehension, he or she might find a bit of amusement in my babbling now and then because, after all, if he or she does know everything, then my true intent to love, respect, enjoy, and amuse shows through...

and thank you for the semi-philosophical soapbox you inspired me to climb upon tonight...

ah yes, the paradox in the box... but what if we did not want to know what comes next because we enjoy the thrill of the ride without knowing which way it will turn at any moment?... would we be deemed insane or feeble or juvenile or simply odd or different?...

and wouldn't that be the irony, if that is the ultimate thrill ride for the ultimate being who knows all, to create something that might offer surprise, to create something that runs amok and provides the experience of not knowing what might happen next...

i'd be amuse, but then, i'm just me as i am... but is i was an omnipotent omniscient omnipresent ultimately enlightened being, i imagine i'd be quite amused at the idea of being surprised and maybe even more at the idea that one of my creations actually figured it out...

but what do i know, for now, i'll just grin and be amused :)

and i hope you will, and are, too :)