There is just so much in this world of ours.

From the amazingly good, to extremely sad.  The  range is wide and far.

On any given day, I can span through a whole range of emotions.  Some times more than others, and today was one of those days.
Yes, there were times when I felt very, very happy. And other times when I experienced such sadness, I could feel nothing but the pit of my stomach growing deeper and wider.

I saw pregnant deer tonight.  Flowers blooming.  Glorious food.

I saw terrible things on the news.  Anger and hatred.  Death.

I heard good things about people. Today, I felt incredible gestures of love and friendship.  I experienced times of healing today, and other times of complete peace.  Then hours, or even moments later, learned of things which were devastating.  Or came in touch with brushes of life’s unfairness to others.  Things which had gone terribly wrong in many corners of the planet.

I don’t know how to explain any of it. Other than, once upon a time, we fell to earth…. and we are humans.  Here we are.  Gravity pulled us right in to this existence.  And some day it will put us back where it found us.  And this…. my favorite friends…. is the “everything” in between.

Each day, I must figure out a way to be thankful for all of it.  It is how the universe has transpired to each given moment. Each moment, resting and relying on the previous moment.

As we wake tomorrow, I hope this sun ball at the center of our universe will shine.  And in the night the moon will find its way back into the sky.  For there is nothing certain about this place here.  And we can feel that ever pressing existence of the gravity, holding our feet to the surface of the earth ball. As we hurl 67,000  miles per hour through space.  No need to hold on.  We stick all by ourselves.  At least, for now.