bruce’s thought

This philosophical question not only ponders an age old curiosity, but can honestly address theological perspectives, yet I’m going to present this question in the physical realm.  The same realm that measures things by that which we can hold in our hands.

That question is “Where are we in the universe?”  the more I pondered this, well, the more I realize that I may just have Cosmos Phobia!  (If that’s even a phrase… )  Because the sheer size of this question and the potential answer, there are days I frighten myself.

Well, right now, I’m at my computer.   That computer is in my home.   My home is in a specific city, that’s in a specific state.  My state is in the United States, which is a man-named land mass that is located on Earth.

So far, so good.

So my computer is held up by my desk, that’s held in place by gravitational forces of mass-attraction on Earth.

Here’s where I start to loose it.

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Life is a funny thing.

No matter what decisions you make you never know if they’re the right ones or not, but you make the best ones you can.

Then there are days that no matter what you choose, the fickle hand of fate just reaches out and slaps you around.

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