Oh my hearts.
We're still here at the end of the world, huh?
🫂
Good morning.
Any day on this side of the green, no matter how fraught, always is.
And also to you, my friend.
@MLClark Good morning luminous soul!
We are still here. The world is still here. The world will still be here, long after we have left for our next adventure
The humans are coming to a time of great struggle with each other, I fear. It brings pain to my heart, to see them destroy and hate each other so much
I know the path to growth is painful, but that does not spare one the pain. Yet I also know, when there is great pain and great darkness that is when light and hope is the most important.
Good morning, bright star!
It's so good to see you here. Are you still on your trip? Your adventure? I hope you're keeping safe. 🤗
You've reminded me of one of my favourite comics, by Humon Comics many years ago. Just as in a post I shared last week, "There Will Come Soft Rains" (based on the poem of the same name), the world will survive us. That's never what's on the line when we grieve our own cruelty with one another.
Much warmth and safe travels to you today!
@MLClark I am still on my trip till November the 4th! My buddy has been keeping me busy during the day, and I’ve been focusing there, so I’ve been mainly on for a brief window in the evening.
I miss everyone, so resolved to pop on this morning, when I caught your post.
There will come bright days, I think. There are good humans, like you and so many others here.
I need more characters so I’ll reply to this post…
@MLClark I was talking with my friend the other day about technological evolution and human history, and noted this trend of increasing value in individual life as progress was made.
For much of human history, with he exception of ruling classes, human life was seen as disposable, a means to an end.
It wasn’t until the 1500s and with philosophers like Locke that you get into the idea of individual worth and meaning as a matter of course….
@MLClark “The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice” I think, is more a statement about how humans are evolving to understand the value of the sacred within themselves from generation to generation.
It’s imperfect, as they are imperfect and flawed, but there was a time when wars like are happening now were just business… Think of the Britts fighting the Zulu, or the Native American Genocides…
@MLClark But then we have WW2 and the Holocaust, and while there were heinous actions by the allies, like the rejecting of the refugees aboard the St Louis, there was a sudden, righteous, and shocked revulsion at the death camps. It’s remained like a scar, people look back on the actions of their ancestors in horror.
So, the sensitivity to atrocity is increasing. The revulsion and disgust with war is increasing. You humans are making slow and agonizing progress, but it is progress.
@MLClark In that, I find hope amidst the wildfires that are burning. Out on the Pacific Crest Trail, there were so many burn scars, so many places where the world seemed dead forever, but then there would be places amidst the charred wood where the flowers were everywhere, life was fighting back the destruction with all the powers of its vibrancy.
The dawn will come and because of people like you and other bright souls, humanity has a chance to see it.
Just on my way out for a run, but I'm so glad your buddy is filling your days with other adventures. I hope this is a time of great rest and connection for you, as much as stimulation.
Take such good care of that beautiful heart of yours. 🫂 I'm so thankful that you're with us. Wherever you go, there is good in this world, too.
@MLClark I am soon to run myself! Travel well groovy soul you are a lighthouse in the dark.
Here is a picture from my run yesterday. Dawn is my favorite time.
Resplendent! 👾 💜
@MLClark Good morning ☕
@MLClark Good morning MLClark! ☕
Good morning Hakomo! I hope you and yours are faring well.
@MLClark Peace to you my friend.